Usually means: To hesitate; delay deciding; waver.
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  1. blate: Merriam-Webster
  2. blate: Collins English Dictionary
  3. blate: Vocabulary.com
  4. blate: Wordnik
  5. blate: Wiktionary
  6. blate: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. blate: Dictionary.com
  8. blate: Rhymezone
  9. blate: FreeDictionary.org
  10. blate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. blate: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. blate: Encyclopedia

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adjective:  (Scotland, Northern England) Bashful, sheepish.
adjective:  (Scotland, Northern England) Dull, stupid.
verb:  Archaic form of bleat. [Of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry; of a human, to mimic this sound.]

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