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Misdoubt
//mɪsˈdaʊt// noun, verb
Definitions
Noun
- 1 suspicion; hesitation
Verb
- 1 To doubt the existence or reality of. archaic, regional
"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."
- 2 To have suspicions about. archaic, regional
"I do not misdoubt my wife, but I would be loath to turn them together"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From mis- + doubt.
Etymology 2
From mis- + doubt.
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