misdoubt

American  

[mis-dout] / mɪsˈdaʊt /

verb (used with or without object)

1. to doubt or suspect.

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noun

1. doubt or suspicion.

misdoubt British  

/ mɪsˈdaʊt /

verb

1. an archaic word for doubt suspect

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Etymology

Origin of misdoubt

First recorded in 1530–40; mis- ¹ + doubt

Example Sentences

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misdoubt

Philip did not answer him, and strengthened in misdoubt, he spoke with a note of authority.

From The Unknown Sea by Housman, Clemence

I'll conquer my misdoubt,     And in thy love and counsel drown my fear.

From The Spanish Tragedy by Kyd, Thomas

An yit, hyar latterly," suggested the mountaineer dubiously, "I've done commenced ter misdoubt ef I've been right, atter all.

From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville

And your father—well, I misdoubt me that he was no better than he should be.

From Deep Moat Grange by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

"If they don't take to treat him kinder, I misdoubt me but he'll do something desperate, as the dead-and-gone heir, Rupert, did," she remarked, sitting down near her father.

From Trevlyn Hold by Wood, Mrs. Henry