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What is the verb for hesitant?

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hesitate
  1. (intransitive) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
  2. (intransitive) To stammer; to falter in speaking.
  3. (transitive, poetic, rare) To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “My Aunt Marta looked me up and down, as if seeing me for the first time, and appeared to hesitate before deciding to make her offer.”
      “Although Amy continued to hesitate with her words while speaking, she seemed to be speaking out more often.”
      “Doctors often hesitate to recommend surgery for children.”
hesitating
hesitates
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hesitate
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Chris hesitates for a beat before rushing up and knocking Johnnie down in a quick flurry of shots.”
      “One hesitates to do the shroud-waving argument, but we survive because we haven't had any big outbreaks.”
      “He was vindicated when UBS eventually settled out of court but hesitates when asked how much he won.”
hesitated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of hesitate
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  3. Examples:
    1. “At the national convention two years ago, however, the leaders hesitated in going all the way in this direction.”
      “In recent years, the courts have hesitated over whether to take such agreements into account.”
      “I hesitated, but allowed that we'd do sort of a trial run for a few months.”
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