Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Hesitate

Hesitate , intransitive verb

[Latin haesitatus, past participle of haesitare, intens. from haerere to hesitate, stick fast; to hang or hold fast. Compare 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.

Hesitate , transitive verb

To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner. [Poetic & Rare]
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. — Pope