Misdoubt
//mɪsˈdaʊt// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
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"
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From mis- + doubt.
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