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misdoubt

/mɪsˈdaʊt/

misdoubt verb: to doubt the existence or reality of.

Verb

misdoubt (third-person singular simple present misdoubts, present participle misdoubting, simple past and past participle misdoubted)

  1. (archaic, regional) To doubt the existence or reality of.
    • And though all the windes of doctrin were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licencing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength.1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC
    • ‘Ay!’ he said. ‘I don't misdoubt it. —But twenty guineas for a bit of a paintin' as he knocked off in an hour or two—!’1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC
  2. (archaic, regional) To have suspicions about.
    • I do not misdoubt my wife, but I would be loath to turn them togetherc. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • "I misdoubt me much that he is a spy!" whispered one of the elder cavaliers.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 28

Noun

misdoubt

  1. suspicion; hesitation

Forms of misdoubt

third-person singular presentmisdoubts
present participlemisdoubting
past participlemisdoubted
pastmisdoubted

Origin of misdoubt

From mis- + doubt.

Words formed from misdoubt

Words that rhyme with misdoubt

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Questions about misdoubt

What does misdoubt mean?
Misdoubt means to doubt the existence or reality of.
What part of speech is misdoubt?
Misdoubt can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce misdoubt?
Misdoubt is pronounced /mɪsˈdaʊt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of misdoubt?
The past tense of misdoubt is misdoubted.

Words near misdoubt in the dictionary

  1. misdoings
  2. misdone
  3. misdonne
  4. misdoom
  5. misdooming
  6. misdoubt
  7. misdoubted
  8. misdoubtest
  9. misdoubteth
  10. misdoubtful
  11. misdoubting

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