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douted

douted is the simple past and past participle of dout.

Meaning of dout

Verb

dout (third-person singular simple present douts, present participle douting, simple past and past participle douted)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To put out; quench; extinguish; douse.
    • Mount them, and make inciſion in their Hides, / That their hot blood may ſpin in Engliſh eyes, / And doubt them with ſuperfluous courage : ha.1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Questions about douted

What is douted the simple past and past participle of?
Douted is the simple past and past participle of dout.

Words near douted in the dictionary

  1. Doustioni
  2. dousts
  3. dout
  4. doutar
  5. doutars
  6. douted
  7. douter
  8. douters
  9. douth
  10. Douthat
  11. Douthats

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