balbutiate

Balbutiate

Bal*bu"ti*ate\, Balbucinate \Bal*bu"ci*nate\, v. i. [L. balbutire, fr. balbus stammering: cf. F. balbutier.] To stammer. [Obs.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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