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doubted, ppl. a.|ˈdaʊtɪd| [f. doubt v.] †1. Feared, dreaded, redoubted. Obs.
c1485Digby Myst. (1882) ii. 15 Most dowtyd man, I am. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. lxxvii. 98 The moste douted and honoured prince. 1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. Oct. 41 Doubted Knights, whose woundlesse armour rusts. †2. Uncertain, doubtful. Obs.
1563Foxe A. & M. 808 a, The sayde byshoppe..in hys sayde sermon..handled them in doubted sorte. 3. Called in question; questioned, disputed.
1795J. Macknight Apostolic Epistles (1820) IV. 148 The doubted epistles were very early known. Hence ˈdoubtedly adv., in a doubted or doubtful manner; doubtfully: opp. to undoubtedly.
1584T. Wilson's Rhet. 108 That nothing be doubtedly [earlier edd. doubtfully] spoken, which maie haue a double meanyng. 1635E. Pagitt Christianogr. i. (1646) 130 Those that are doubtedly beleevers. |