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Definition of Misdoubt
1. v. t. & i. To be suspicious of; to have suspicion.
2. n. Suspicion.
Definition of Misdoubt
1. Verb. (context: now archaic regional) To doubt the existence or reality of. ¹
2. Verb. (context: now archaic regional) To have suspicions about. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misdoubt
1. to doubt [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: doubt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misdoubt
Literary usage of Misdoubt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"'Tisn't that I am set ag'in. 'Tis this quare stuff wid the little bits av black
leather in ut. I misdoubt I will be ..."
2. A new pronouncing dictionary of the Spanish and English languages by Mariano Velázquez de la Cadena, Edward Gray, Juan L. Iribas (1902)
"(Ant.) Re- celar, temer, sospechar; dudar sin razón ó sin fundamento. misdoubt, i.
(Ant.) Recelo, duda, irresolución, perplejidad, vacilación. ..."
3. Italian Characters in the Epoch of Unification (1890)
"Sicilians had abundant cause to misdoubt the worth of Bourbon promises; unhappily
they had also cause ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"I misdoubt much if you do not begin to forswear England. ... Now, York, or never,
steel thy fearful thoughts, And change misdoubt to resolution. ..."
5. An impartial history of Ireland, from the period of the English invasion to by Dennis Taaffe (1811)
"... (notwithstanding his late services,) which speeches coining to that earl's
hearing, he ever after said, were the first causes that moved him to misdoubt ..."
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