Part 5264

<i>Baxter.</i>

<h1>Hesitantly</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Hes"i*tant*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With hesitancy or doubt.</def>

<h1>Hesitate</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Hes"i*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hesitated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hesitating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>haesitatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>haesitare</ets>, intens. fr. <ets>haerere</ets> to hesitate, stick fast; to hang or hold fast. Cf. <er>Aghast</er>, <er>Gaze</er>, <er>Adhere</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; <as>as, he <ex>hesitated</ex> whether to accept the offer or not; men often <ex>hesitate</ex> in forming a judgment.</as></def>

<i>Pope.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To stammer; to falter in speaking.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To doubt; waver; scruple; deliberate; demur; falter; stammer.</syn>

<h1>Hesitate</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Hes"i*tate</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.</def> <mark>[Poetic & R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Just hint a fault, and <b>hesitate</b> dislike. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hesitatingly</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Hes"i*ta`ting*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With hesitation or doubt.</def>

<h1>Hesitation</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Hes`i*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>haesitatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>h\'82sitation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A faltering in speech; stammering.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Hesitative</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Hes"i*ta*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Showing, or characterized by, hesitation.</def>

<blockquote>[He said] in his mild, <b>hesitative</b> way. <i>R. D. Blackmore.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hesitatory</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Hes"i*ta*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hesitating.</def>

<i>R. North.</i>

<h1>Hesp</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Hesp</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>hespa</ets> a hasp, a wisp or skein. See <er>Hasp</er>.]</ety> <def>A measure of two hanks of linen thread.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>hasp</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Hesper</h1> <Xpage=689>