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misdoubt

 [mis-dout]   Origin

mis·doubt

   [mis-dout]
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1.
to doubt or suspect.
noun
2.
doubt or suspicion.

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Origin:
1530–40; mis-1 + doubt
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misdoubt (mɪsˈdaʊt)
 
—vb
doubt an archaic word for suspect

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misdoubt
"to have doubts (of the reality of something)," c.1540; see mis- (1) + doubt.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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