dubitateEtymologyFirst attested in 1837; borrowed from Latin dubitātus, perfect passive participle of dubitō (“to doubt”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of doubt.dubitate means to doubt Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.verbto doubt“If […] he were to loiter dubitating, and not come”