hesitate

1. v. i. To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment. Source: opted

2. v. i. To stammer; to falter in speaking. Source: opted

3. v. t. To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner. Source: opted

4. v. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness Source: wordnet

5. v. interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing Source: wordnet

6. 1. To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment. Pope. 2. To stammer; to falter in speaking. Syn. -- To doubt; waver; scruple; deliberate; demur; falter; stammer. To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner. [Poetic & R.] Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. Pope. Source: webster

7. To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.[Poetic & R.]Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. Pope. Source: adambom

8. v:100 v. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness v. interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing Source: ecdict

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