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bedoubt

bedoubt verb: to dread; respect; renown.

Verb

bedoubt (third-person singular simple present bedoubts, present participle bedoubting, simple past and past participle bedoubted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To dread; respect; renown.
    • Above all men he was there moste bedoute.1470, Hardyng, Chronicle

Forms of bedoubt

third-person singular presentbedoubts
present participlebedoubting
past participlebedoubted
pastbedoubted
alternative formbedoute

Origin of bedoubt

From be- + doubt.

Questions about bedoubt

What does bedoubt mean?
Bedoubt means to dread; respect; renown.
What part of speech is bedoubt?
Bedoubt is a verb.
What is the past tense of bedoubt?
The past tense of bedoubt is bedoubted.

Words near bedoubt in the dictionary

  1. Bedore
  2. Bedores
  3. bedotiid
  4. bedotiids
  5. bedotted
  6. bedoubt
  7. bedouin
  8. bedouinism
  9. bedouinization
  10. bedouinize
  11. bedouinized

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