English Explanatory Dictionary

dubitante

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having doubts; used in law reports of a judge who is doubtful about a legal proposition but hesitates to declare it wrong.

Pronunciation

d(y)o͞o′bĭ-tăn′tē d(y)o͞o′bĭ-tän′tē /ˌd(j)uː.bɪˈtæn.tiː/ /ˌd(j)uː.bɪˈtan.tiː/ /ˌd(j)uː.bɪˈtɑːn.tiː/ /ˌd(j)u.bɪˈtæn.ti/ /ˌd(j)u.bɪˈtɑn.ti/ /ˌd(j)u.bɪˈtɒn.ti/ /ˌd(j)ʉː.bɪˈtæn.tiː/ /ˌd(j)ʉː.bɪˈtɐːn.tiː/ /ˌd(j)ʉ.bɪˈtan.ti/ /ˌɖ(j)uː.bɪˈʈa(ː)n.ʈiː/ /ˌɖ(j)uː.bɪˈʈɑːn.ʈiː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dubitante.wav

Word forms

dubitante more dubitante most dubitante

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dubitante, ablative masculine singular of dubitāns (“doubting”), present participle of dubitāre (“to doubt”).

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