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mis⋅doubt

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

Origin:
1530–40; mis- 1 + doubt
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mis·doubt   (mĭs-dout')   
tr.v.   mis·doubt·ed, mis·doubt·ing, mis·doubts
To feel doubt or distrust about.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

misdoubt  (v.)
"to have doubts (of the reality of something)," c.1540; see mis- (1) + doubt.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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