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distrusteth

distrusteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of distrust.

Meaning of distrust

Verb

distrust (third-person singular simple present distrusts, present participle distrusting, simple past and past participle distrusted)

  1. To put no trust in; to have no confidence in.
    • Moreover, genuinely conservative governments were inclined to distrust all intellectuals and ideologists, even reactionary ones, for, once the principle of thinking rather than obeying was accepted, the end was in sight.1962, Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Revolution. 1789-1848, page 230

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Origin of distrusteth

distrust + -eth

Questions about distrusteth

What is distrusteth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Distrusteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of distrust.

Words near distrusteth in the dictionary

  1. distrust
  2. distrusted
  3. distruster
  4. distrusters
  5. distrustest
  6. distrusteth
  7. distrustful
  8. distrustfully
  9. distrustfulness
  10. distrusting
  11. distrustingly

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