Hesitate

  • 81fal´ter|er — fal|ter «FL tuhr», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to not go straight; lose courage; draw back or hesitate; waver: »The soldiers faltered for a moment as their captain fell. SYNONYM(S): vacillate, flinch. See syn. under hesitate. (Cf. ↑hesitate) 2. to… …

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  • 82fal|ter — «FL tuhr», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to not go straight; lose courage; draw back or hesitate; waver: »The soldiers faltered for a moment as their captain fell. SYNONYM(S): vacillate, flinch. See syn. under hesitate. (Cf. ↑hesitate) 2. to become… …

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  • 83hes´i|ta´tor — hes|i|tate «HEHZ uh tayt», verb, tat|ed, tat|ing. –v.i. 1. to hold back; feel doubtful; be undecided; show that one has not yet made up one s mind: »I hesitated about taking his side until I knew the whole story. But it is clear enough that he… …

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  • 84hes´i|tat´er — hes|i|tate «HEHZ uh tayt», verb, tat|ed, tat|ing. –v.i. 1. to hold back; feel doubtful; be undecided; show that one has not yet made up one s mind: »I hesitated about taking his side until I knew the whole story. But it is clear enough that he… …

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  • 85hes|i|tate — «HEHZ uh tayt», verb, tat|ed, tat|ing. –v.i. 1. to hold back; feel doubtful; be undecided; show that one has not yet made up one s mind: »I hesitated about taking his side until I knew the whole story. But it is clear enough that he has not… …

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  • 86ECONOMIC HISTORY — This article is arranged according to the following outline: first temple period exile and restoration second temple period talmudic era muslim middle ages medieval christendom economic doctrines early modern period sephardim and ashkenazim… …

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  • 87JUDEO-ARABIC LITERATURE — JUDEO ARABIC LITERATURE, written in Arabic by Jews for Jews. It is written in an idiom which is linguistically closer to the spoken form of Arabic than is the idiom used in Muslim literature. It may plausibly be assumed that, prior to the rise of …

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  • 88Boggle — Bog gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boggled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Boggling}.] [ See {Bogle}, n.] 1. To stop or hesitate as if suddenly frightened, or in doubt, or impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to take alarm; to exhibit hesitancy and indecision.… …

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  • 89Boggled — Boggle Bog gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boggled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Boggling}.] [ See {Bogle}, n.] 1. To stop or hesitate as if suddenly frightened, or in doubt, or impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to take alarm; to exhibit hesitancy and… …

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  • 90Boggling — Boggle Bog gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boggled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Boggling}.] [ See {Bogle}, n.] 1. To stop or hesitate as if suddenly frightened, or in doubt, or impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to take alarm; to exhibit hesitancy and… …

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