hesitatev.

Brit.

/ˈhɛzᵻteɪt/, U.S.

/ˈhɛzəˌteɪt/

Etymology: < Latin haesitāt-, participial stem of haesitāre to stick fast, stammer in speech, be undecided, frequentative of haerēre (past participle haesum) to stick, adhere, hold fast. Compare French hésiter.

1. intransitive.

a. To hold back in doubt or indecision; to show, or speak with, indecision; to find difficulty in deciding; to scruple. Const. various prepositions.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > doubt, be uncertain [verb (intransitive)]

tweonc897

to be at or in weeningc1275

doubtc1325

dreadc1400

vary1477

swither1535

stay1583

to have or make scruple of1600

demur1612

demurea1616

hesitate1623

Nicodemize1624

scruple1639

scrupulize1642

query1647

to make doubt1709

to have scruples1719

to have weres1768

mislippen1816

dubitate1837

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)]

haltc825

flecchec1300

waverc1315

flickerc1325

wag1387

swervea1400

floghter1521

stacker1526

to be of (occasionally in) many (also divers) minds1530

wave1532

stagger1533

to hang in the wind1536

to waver as, like, with the wind1548

mammer1554

sway1563

dodge1568

erch1584

suspend1585

float1598

swag1608

hoverc1620

hesitate1623

vacillate1623

fluctuate1634

demur1641

balance1656

to be at shall I, shall I (not)1674

to stand shall I, shall I1674

to go shill-I shall-I1700

to stand at shilly-shally1700

to act, to keep (upon), the volanta1734

whiffle1737

dilly-dally1740

to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.)1751

oscillate1771

shilly-shally1782

dacker1817

librate1822

humdrum1825

swing1833

(to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1848

to back and fill1854

haver1866

wobble1867

shaffle1873

dicker1879

to be on the weigh-scales1886

waffle1894

to think twice1898

to teeter on the brink1902

dither1908

vagulate1918

pern1920

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute about [verb (transitive)]

stagger1555

hesitate1623

to think twice1936

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Hesitate, to doubt.

1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists ii. i. 54 It must needs become a Sceptick above all Men to hesitate in Matters of Exchange.

1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. II. 343 The citizens of London hesitated on the demand.

1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. 149.

1840 E. A. Poe Morella in Tales of Grotesque & Arabesque I. 17 At the baptismal font I hesitated for a name.

1846 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters II. 180 (note) He may pause, but he must not hesitate.

1856 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay V. 251 This..surgeon saw no reason whatever in the simple practice of opium-eating for hesitating upon a life-insurance proposal.

1860 W. Collins Woman in White I. iv. 33 I hesitated about answering it.

1908 Grand Mag. Dec. 612/2 I'm only hesitating over the price.

b. with infinitive or clause. (Rarely with vbl. n.)

ΚΠ

1755 W. Warburton Serm. xviii, in Wks. (1811) X. 3 [They] could never hesitate a moment to conclude [etc.].

1761 Earl Harcourt in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 440 There was no room to hesitate one moment whether I was to accept such a..distinction.

1763 L. Scrafton Refl. Govt. Indostan (1770) iii. 69 Admiral Watson, apprehensive he might be reflected on..hesitated signing.

1802 Milne in Med. Jrnl. (1804) 12 452 I have..never hesitated to inoculate every person that has been brought to me.

†c. To be uncertain, be in doubt that. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 3) II. 193 It was no longer possible to hesitate that this acid was composed of carbon and oxygen.

d. spec. in Dance (see quot. 1919).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [verb (intransitive)] > specific movements

gambol1508

gig1693

reverse1859

hesitate1914

1914 ‘V. Castle’ Mod. Dancing iv. 72 In my opinion it is much better to hesitate when the music hesitates.

1919 E. Scott All about Latest Dances 87 The term ‘hesitate’, as regards the waltz we are now considering, implies merely that you pause, or move in what appears a faltering manner at a given juncture.

e. To move in an indecisive, faltering manner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > move or go slowly [verb (intransitive)] > as if irresolutely

falter1810

hesitate1908

1908 H. G. Wells War in Air v. 168 He hesitated towards the door of the cabin.

1917 T. S. Eliot Prufrock & Other Observ. 27 Regard that woman Who hesitates toward you in the light of the door.

2. To stammer or falter in speech.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > speak inarticulately or with a defect [verb (intransitive)] > stammer or speak hesitantly

stammerc1000

wlaffe1025

stotec1325

humc1374

mafflea1387

stut1388

rattlea1398

famble14..

mammera1425

drotec1440

falterc1440

stackerc1440

hem1470

wallowa1475

tattle1481

mant1506

happer1519

trip1526

hobblea1529

hack1553

stagger1565

faffle1570

stutter1570

hem and hawk1588

ha1604

hammer1619

titubate1623

haw1632

fork1652

hacker1652

lispc1680

hesitate1706

balbutiate1731

haffle1790

hotter1828

stutter1831

ah1853

catch1889

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Hesitate, to stammer or falter, to hum and haw.

3. transitive.

a. To express or say with hesitation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > utter inarticulately [verb (transitive)] > utter hesitantly or stammer

hem1553

mant1568

stammer1587

to hack out1602

stammer1608

fribblea1627

lisp1627

stutter1655

hesitate1734

to falter forth or out1762

hobble1813

falter1851

1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 204 Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike.

1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams I. i. 13 I hesitated a confused and irresolute answer.

1827 W. Scott Life Napoleon VI. ii. 71 He humbly hesitated, that he could not safely honour it [sc. a bill].

1886 J. R. Lowell Orat. Harvard 8 Nov. in Wks. (1890) VI. 160 I choose rather to hesitate my opinion than to assert it roundly.

b. With sentence as quasi-obj.

ΚΠ

1816 W. Scott Tales my Landlord II. xii. 311 ‘I am not sure,’ hesitated Edith.

1881 C. E. L. Riddell Senior Partner xvi ‘It looks awful like the stuff last night,’ hesitated Mr. McCullagh.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hesitate
释义	hesitatev. Brit. /ˈhɛzᵻteɪt/, U.S. /ˈhɛzəˌteɪt/ Etymology: < Latin haesitāt-, participial stem of haesitāre to stick fast, stammer in speech, be undecided, frequentative of haerēre (past participle haesum) to stick, adhere, hold fast. Compare French hésiter. 1. intransitive. a. To hold back in doubt or indecision; to show, or speak with, indecision; to find difficulty in deciding; to scruple. Const. various prepositions. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > doubt, be uncertain [verb (intransitive)] tweonc897 to be at or in weeningc1275 doubtc1325 dreadc1400 vary1477 swither1535 stay1583 to have or make scruple of1600 demur1612 demurea1616 hesitate1623 Nicodemize1624 scruple1639 scrupulize1642 query1647 to make doubt1709 to have scruples1719 to have weres1768 mislippen1816 dubitate1837 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] haltc825 flecchec1300 waverc1315 flickerc1325 wag1387 swervea1400 floghter1521 stacker1526 to be of (occasionally in) many (also divers) minds1530 wave1532 stagger1533 to hang in the wind1536 to waver as, like, with the wind1548 mammer1554 sway1563 dodge1568 erch1584 suspend1585 float1598 swag1608 hoverc1620 hesitate1623 vacillate1623 fluctuate1634 demur1641 balance1656 to be at shall I, shall I (not)1674 to stand shall I, shall I1674 to go shill-I shall-I1700 to stand at shilly-shally1700 to act, to keep (upon), the volanta1734 whiffle1737 dilly-dally1740 to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.)1751 oscillate1771 shilly-shally1782 dacker1817 librate1822 humdrum1825 swing1833 (to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1848 to back and fill1854 haver1866 wobble1867 shaffle1873 dicker1879 to be on the weigh-scales1886 waffle1894 to think twice1898 to teeter on the brink1902 dither1908 vagulate1918 pern1920 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute about [verb (transitive)] stagger1555 hesitate1623 to think twice1936 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Hesitate, to doubt. 1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists ii. i. 54 It must needs become a Sceptick above all Men to hesitate in Matters of Exchange. 1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. II. 343 The citizens of London hesitated on the demand. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. 149. 1840 E. A. Poe Morella in Tales of Grotesque & Arabesque I. 17 At the baptismal font I hesitated for a name. 1846 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters II. 180 (note) He may pause, but he must not hesitate. 1856 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay V. 251 This..surgeon saw no reason whatever in the simple practice of opium-eating for hesitating upon a life-insurance proposal. 1860 W. Collins Woman in White I. iv. 33 I hesitated about answering it. 1908 Grand Mag. Dec. 612/2 I'm only hesitating over the price. b. with infinitive or clause. (Rarely with vbl. n.) ΚΠ 1755 W. Warburton Serm. xviii, in Wks. (1811) X. 3 [They] could never hesitate a moment to conclude [etc.]. 1761 Earl Harcourt in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 440 There was no room to hesitate one moment whether I was to accept such a..distinction. 1763 L. Scrafton Refl. Govt. Indostan (1770) iii. 69 Admiral Watson, apprehensive he might be reflected on..hesitated signing. 1802 Milne in Med. Jrnl. (1804) 12 452 I have..never hesitated to inoculate every person that has been brought to me. †c. To be uncertain, be in doubt that. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 3) II. 193 It was no longer possible to hesitate that this acid was composed of carbon and oxygen. d. spec. in Dance (see quot. 1919). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [verb (intransitive)] > specific movements gambol1508 gig1693 reverse1859 hesitate1914 1914 ‘V. Castle’ Mod. Dancing iv. 72 In my opinion it is much better to hesitate when the music hesitates. 1919 E. Scott All about Latest Dances 87 The term ‘hesitate’, as regards the waltz we are now considering, implies merely that you pause, or move in what appears a faltering manner at a given juncture. e. To move in an indecisive, faltering manner. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > move or go slowly [verb (intransitive)] > as if irresolutely falter1810 hesitate1908 1908 H. G. Wells War in Air v. 168 He hesitated towards the door of the cabin. 1917 T. S. Eliot Prufrock & Other Observ. 27 Regard that woman Who hesitates toward you in the light of the door. 2. To stammer or falter in speech. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > speak inarticulately or with a defect [verb (intransitive)] > stammer or speak hesitantly stammerc1000 wlaffe1025 stotec1325 humc1374 mafflea1387 stut1388 rattlea1398 famble14.. mammera1425 drotec1440 falterc1440 stackerc1440 hem1470 wallowa1475 tattle1481 mant1506 happer1519 trip1526 hobblea1529 hack1553 stagger1565 faffle1570 stutter1570 hem and hawk1588 ha1604 hammer1619 titubate1623 haw1632 fork1652 hacker1652 lispc1680 hesitate1706 balbutiate1731 haffle1790 hotter1828 stutter1831 ah1853 catch1889 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Hesitate, to stammer or falter, to hum and haw. 3. transitive. a. To express or say with hesitation. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > utter inarticulately [verb (transitive)] > utter hesitantly or stammer hem1553 mant1568 stammer1587 to hack out1602 stammer1608 fribblea1627 lisp1627 stutter1655 hesitate1734 to falter forth or out1762 hobble1813 falter1851 1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 204 Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. 1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams I. i. 13 I hesitated a confused and irresolute answer. 1827 W. Scott Life Napoleon VI. ii. 71 He humbly hesitated, that he could not safely honour it [sc. a bill]. 1886 J. R. Lowell Orat. Harvard 8 Nov. in Wks. (1890) VI. 160 I choose rather to hesitate my opinion than to assert it roundly. b. With sentence as quasi-obj. ΚΠ 1816 W. Scott Tales my Landlord II. xii. 311 ‘I am not sure,’ hesitated Edith. 1881 C. E. L. Riddell Senior Partner xvi ‘It looks awful like the stuff last night,’ hesitated Mr. McCullagh. 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