Hersillon
(Her"sil*lon) n. [F., fr. herse a harrow. See Herse, n.] (Fort.) A beam with projecting spikes,
used to make a breach impassable.
Hert
(Hert) n. A hart. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Herte
(Her"te) n. A heart. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hertely
(Her"te*ly), a. & adv. Hearty; heartily. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hery
(Her"y) v. t. [AS. herian.] To worship; to glorify; to praise. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
Hesitancy
(Hes"i*tan*cy) n. [L. haesitantia a stammering.]
1. The act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one
who hesitates.
2. A stammering; a faltering in speech.
Hesitant
(Hes"i*tant) a. [L. haesitans, p. pr. of haesitare: cf. F. hésitant. See Hesitate.]
1. Not prompt in deciding or acting; hesitating.
2. Unready in speech. Baxter.
Hesitantly
(Hes"i*tant*ly), adv. With hesitancy or doubt.
Hesitate
(Hes"i*tate) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hesitated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hesitating.] [L. haesitatus, p.
p. of haesitare, intens. fr. haerere to hesitate, stick fast; to hang or hold fast. Cf. Aghast, Gaze,
Adhere.]
1. To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as,
he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment. Pope.
2. To stammer; to falter in speaking.
Syn. — To doubt; waver; scruple; deliberate; demur; falter; stammer.
Hesitate
(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. Hesitatingly
(Hes"i*ta`ting*ly), adv. With hesitation or doubt.
Hesitation
(Hes`i*ta"tion) n. [L. haesitatio: cf. F. hésitation.]
1. The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.
