indubitate

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English

Etymology

From Latin indubitatus, past participle of indubitare; prefix in- (in) + dubitare (to doubt).

Pronunciation

  • (verb) IPA(key): /ɪnˈd(j)uːbɪteɪt/
  • (adjective) IPA(key): /ɪnˈd(j)uːbɪtət/

Verb

indubitate (third-person singular simple present indubitates, present participle indubitating, simple past and past participle indubitated)

  1. (obsolete) To bring into doubt; to cause to be doubted.

Adjective

indubitate (comparative more indubitate, superlative most indubitate)

  1. Not questioned or doubtful; evident; certain.
    • 1622, Francis Bacon, History of the Reign of King Henry VII:
      On the other side, if he stood upon his own title of the house of Lancaster, inherent in his person, he knew it was a title condemned by parliament, and generally prejudged in the common opinion of the realm, and that it tended directly to the disinherison of the line of York, held then the indubitate heirs of the crown.

Latin

Adjective

indubitāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of indubitātus

References

  • indubitate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • indubitate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.