hesitate :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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v. interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"

v. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"

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v. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"

v. sway to and fro

v. move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

v. be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering"

v. wait before acting; "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"

v. draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; "The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote"

v. render temporarily ineffective; "the prison sentence was suspended"

v. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

v. sway to and fro

v. interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"

v. move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

v. give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency

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