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misdoubted

misdoubted is the simple past and past participle of misdoubt.

Meaning of misdoubt

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
  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]...

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Questions about misdoubted

What is misdoubted the simple past and past participle of?
Misdoubted is the simple past and past participle of misdoubt.

Words near misdoubted in the dictionary

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

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