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dubitative, a.|ˈdjuːbɪtətɪv|
[ad. L. dubitātīv-us (Tertull.) doubtful, f. dubitāre: cf. F. dubitatif (13–14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
Inclined or given to doubt; expressing doubt or hesitancy.
1615[implied in dubitatively]. 1727–51Chambers Cycl., Conjunctions dubitative, those which express some doubt, or suspension of opinion.—as, if. 1859Geo. Eliot A. Bede liii, Turning his head on one side in a dubitative manner. 1887Jessopp Arcady 49 Your old Arcadian's style of talk is full of doubts; it is what may be called the dubitative or approximating style.
b. absol. A word or phrase expressing doubt.
1835Southey Doctor III. xcii. 176 Some one has said that the Devil's dubitative is a negative. |