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douts

douts is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 douts

What is douts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Douts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dout.

Words near douts in the dictionary

  1. Douthits
  2. Douthitt
  3. Douthitts
  4. douths
  5. douting
  6. douts
  7. Doutt
  8. Doutts
  9. Douty
  10. Doutys
  11. Douville

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