Dought

//daʊt// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Power, strength, ability. Northern-England, Scotland, uncountable, usually
Verb
  1. 1
    alternative past of dow alternative, dialectal, form-of, past

Synonyms

All synonyms
doddodmodmowsucceedu.s. dow

Etymology

Etymology 1

A back-formation from doughty (compare Scots doucht, from douchty). Related to dow.

Etymology 2

From Middle English doghte, from Old English dohte (first and third person singular past tense of dugan (“to avail, be useful”)).

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