hesitate

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hesitate

verb balk, be dilatory, be dubious, be irresslute, be tentative, be uncertain, cunctari, dally, debate, delay, deliberate, demur, doubt, dubitare, equivocate, falter, fluctuate, haerere, have reservations, hold back, oscillate, pause, ponder, procrastinate, question, quibble, reluctant, scruple, shift, slow, stop, think twice, vacillate, wait, waver

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At last he came upon an elderly, crusty Jew, who sold second-hand articles, and from whom he purchased a dress of Scotch stuff, a large mantle, and a fine otter-skin pelisse, for which he did not hesitate to pay seventy-five pounds.

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Her mouth is slightly ajar as if she were about to say something, but hesitates.