hesitate

Meaning

Verb

• To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
• To stammer; to falter in speaking.
• To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.

Related

Similar words

• balbucinate, balbutiate, falter, hem, haw, stammer, stutter
• falter

Origin

• From Latin haesitatus, past participle of haesitare, intensive of {{m|la|haerere||to hesitate, stick fast;
• . Displaced native .