misdoubt

American  

[mis-daut] / 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

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Example Sentences

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misdoubt

In truth, I misdoubt if there are not priests even of thy way of thinking.

From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Lucy Foster Madison

But Sir Blyant pitied the madman and he said: "Let be and harm him not, for I misdoubt this madman is not what he seemeth to be."

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

“I misdoubt it not,” replied Sir Daniel, sitting down to write.

From The Black Arrow A Tale of the Two Roses by Robert Louis Stevenson

But sometimes I misdoubt the was; an’ if I loses my grip on the was, Tumm, my God! what’ll become o’ the will be?

From Every Man for Himself by Norman Duncan

Let not thy heart misdoubt: henceforth do I absolve thee, but do thou teach me so to act that I may cast Prenestina to the ground.

From Dante Six Sermons by Philip H. Wicksteed

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