Definition of Dubitative. Meaning of Dubitative. Synonyms of Dubitative

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Definition of Dubitative

Dubitative
Dubitative Du"bi*ta*tive, a. [L. dubitativus: cf. F. dubitatif.] Tending to doubt; doubtful. [R.] -- Du"bi*ta*tive*ly, adv. [R.] --. Eliot.

Meaning of Dubitative from wikipedia

- Dubitative mood (abbreviated DUB) is an epistemic grammatical mood found in some languages, that indicates that the statement is dubious, doubtful, or...
- English speakers learning these languages. In certain other languages, the dubitative or the conditional moods may be emplo**** instead of the subjunctive in...
- (renarrative, dubitative). The inferential is then viewed as one of the moods, and the dubitative – as a renarrative inferential, whose dubitative meaning,...
- In Eskaleut languages, the dubitative mood (abbreviated DUB) is a verb form used for dependent adverbial clauses with the meaning 'whether'. The following...
- may be indivisible from the preceding utterance. sá — wh-question gé — dubitative, unlikelihood, "perhaps", "maybe, "it would seem..." á — focus ágé — interrogative...
- parts on the stage? — Demosthenes, On The Crown, 129 Antinomy Cognition Dubitative mood Figure of speech Intuition Rhetorical question Thought experiment...
- learning these languages.[citation needed] In certain other languages, the dubitative or the conditional moods may be emplo**** instead of the subjunctive in...
- 'boats' with plural suffix /-an/ (all dialects). The verb suffix for the Dubitative Mode, which denotes an event not confirmed by direct experience, is /-dig/...
- the sometimes emphatic affirmative que, the occasionally mitigating or dubitative e, the exclamatory be, and the even more emphatic ja/ye, and the "polite"...
- existential pronouns are often used with negatives (I can't see anyone), while dubitative existential pronouns are used in questions when there is doubt as to the...