misdoubt

American  

[mis-dout] / mɪsˈdaʊt /

verb (used with or without object)

1. to doubt or suspect.

---

noun

1. doubt or suspicion.

misdoubt British  

/ mɪsˈdaʊt /

verb

1. an archaic word for doubt suspect

---

Etymology

Origin of misdoubt

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

misdoubt

Aristophanes declares the essence of his teaching to be, Accept the old, contest the strange, misdoubt every man whose work is yet to do, acknowledge the work already done.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Edward Berdoe

So she began to misdoubt that this was some one else than she had first thought him to be, wherefore she said, "I pray you, Sir, tell me who you are?"

From The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Howard Pyle

"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 Mrs. Henry Wood

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

From The Unknown Sea by Clemence Housman

There's no doubt but she does want something done for her; but I misdoubt me if she will choose our Amy to do it.

From Sowing and Sewing A Sexagesima Story by Charlotte Mary Yonge