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misdoubteth

misdoubteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Origin of misdoubteth

misdoubt + -eth

Questions about misdoubteth

What is misdoubteth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Misdoubteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misdoubt.

Words near misdoubteth in the dictionary

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

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