Syn. -- To doubt; waver; scruple; deliberate; demur; falter; stammer.
Hes"i*tate, v. t. To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a
reluctant manner. [Poetic & R.]
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike.
Pope.
Hes"i*ta`ting*ly, adv. With hesitation or doubt.
Hes`i*ta"tion (?), n. [L. haesitatio: cf. F. hÈsitation.] 1. The act of
hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.