Word Meanings - DUBITATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To doubt. If he . . . were to loiter dubitating, and not come. Carlyle.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DUBITATE)
- Boggle
- Halt
- hesitate
- dubitate
- falter
- blunder
- blotch
- botch
- spoil
- mar
- Demur
- Dubitate
- halt
- pause
- doubt
- scruple
- object
- Doubt Dubitate
- vacillate
- waver
- demur
- faulter
- hobble
- slip
- stammer
- flinch
- Stop
- rest
- limp
- hammer
- hold
- stand still
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DUBITATE)
Related words: (words related to DUBITATE)
- STILLY
Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore. - DEMURE
good manners); de of + murs, mours, meurs, mors, F. m, fr. L. mores manners, morals ; or more prob. fr. OF. meür, F. mûr mature, ripe in a phrase preceded by de, as de 1. Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest - BOGGLE
1. To stop or hesitate as if suddenly frightened, or in doubt, or impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to take alarm; to exhibit hesitancy and indecision. We start and boggle at every unusual appearance. Glanvill. Boggling at nothing which serveth - HAMMER LOCK
A hold in which an arm of one contestant is held twisted and bent behind his back by his opponent. - FALTER
To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley. Halliwell. - BLOTCH
A large pustule, or a coarse eruption. Foul scurf and blotches him defile. Thomson. (more info) black, as bleach is akin to bleak. See Black, a., or cf. Blot a 1. A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large or irregular spot. Also - OBJECTIVENESS
Objectivity. Is there such a motion or objectiveness of external bodies, which produceth light Sir M. Hale - ASSENTATORY
Flattering; obsequious. -- As*sent"a*to*ri*ly, adv. - STILLBIRTH
The birth of a dead fetus. - ASSENTER
One who assents. - WAVERER
One who wavers; one who is unsettled in doctrine, faith, opinion, or the like. Shak. - HAMMERER
One who works with a hammer. - OBJECTIST
One who adheres to, or is skilled in, the objective philosophy. Ed. Rev. - SCRUPLE
twenty-fourth part of an ounce, a scruple, uneasiness, doubt, dim. of scrupus a rough or sharp stone, anxiety, uneasiness; perh. akin to 1. A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram. 2. Hence, a very small quantity; a particle. I will - BOTCH
1. A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease. Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss. Milton. 2. A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner. 3. Work done in a bungling - BLUNDERHEAD
A stupid, blundering fellow. - STAMMERING
Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering. -- Stam"mer*ing*ly, adv. - DOUBTFULLY
In a doubtful manner. Nor did the goddess doubtfully declare. Dryden. - BOGGLER
One who boggles. - DECIDER
One who decides. - INSTILL
To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed. That starlight dews All silently their tears of love instill. Byron. How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands. Milton. Syn. -- To - BYSTANDER
One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer. - PISTILLIFEROUS
Pistillate. - REDOUBTABLE
Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero; - DISTILLABLE
Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable. - DISTILLATION
The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible - AGAINSTAND
To withstand. - FINESTILLER
One who finestills.