- (v.i.) To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience.
- (n.) Hence, a very small quantity; a particle.
- (n.) A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.
- (v.t.) To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question.
- (n.) Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience.
- (v.t.) To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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