misdoubtn.

Brit.

/mɪsˈdaʊt/, U.S.

/ˌmɪsˈdaʊt/, Scottish English

/mɪsˈdʌʊt/, Irish English

/mɪsˈdaʊt/

Forms: see mis- prefix¹ and doubt n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, doubt n.¹

Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + doubt n.¹ Compare earlier misdoubt v., misdoubting n.

Now chiefly Scottish and Irish English (northern).

Apprehension of evil; unease, fear; doubt, mistrust. Now usually as a count noun: a misgiving, doubt, or suspicion.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [noun]

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ortrowa1200

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suspectiona1340

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jealousyc1385

suspectc1386

misdoubtingc1390

untrist1390

mistrowinga1393

mistrusta1393

mistrista1400

supposinga1400

untrestc1400

wantrustc1405

diffidencea1425

misdeemingc1450

untrustingc1450

discredence?a1475

surmise1509

suspensea1513

diffidency1537

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distrusting1549

misdoubt1558

discredit1567

misgiving1582

scruple1597

disconfidence1620

inconfidence1627

disaffiance1631

non-fiance1643

defiance1662

suspiciencya1690

reservation1719

disfaith1870

méfiance1876

1558 W. Forrest Hist. Grisild the Second (1875) 114 Into a kyngedome of farre more glorye Shee was receaued, I haue no mysdoubte.

1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. ii. sig. D2 Ile conquer my misdoubt, And in thy loue and councell drowne my feare.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 332 Steele thy fearfull thoughts, And change misdoubt to resolution.

1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis x. 209 And thee Adonis, her misdoubts disswade From such encounters.

1680 J. Crowne Misery Civil-war v. 70 The Bird that sees the Bush where once it self Was lim'd..Cannot but hover round it with misdoubt.

1823 J. Galt Entail II. xxx. 284 I hae a misdoot that a's no right and sound wi' her mair than wi' him.

1893 Sir E. Arnold in Westm. Gaz. 11 Oct. 7/2 It seems time for enlightened minds to lay aside misdoubt regarding the continuity of individual life.

1899 C. H. Herford Wks. Shakespeare IV. 404 The tragic compunctions and misdoubts of Faustus.

1910 R. Quin Borderland 61 Some vague misdoot—some foolish fear In my auld heart keeps springin'.

1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 186 I have a misdoubt that all's not right up there.

1981 N.Y. Times 31 Dec. a23/3 Middle-aged men..caught in the familiar hodge-podge of midlife misdoubts and ironies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

misdoubtv.

Brit.

/mɪsˈdaʊt/, U.S.

/ˌmɪsˈdaʊt/

Forms: see mis- prefix¹ and doubt v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, doubt v.

Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ (compare mis- prefix¹ 5) + doubt v. Compare earlier misdoubting n. Compare also Middle French mesdoubter (reflexive) to doubt, suspect (1518 or earlier).

Now chiefly archaic and regional.

a. transitive. To have doubts as to the existence, truth, or reality of (a thing); = doubt v. 2a. Also intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > doubt [verb (transitive)]

doubta1400

question1533

misdoubt?c1550

scrupulize1625

scruple1641

demur1667

suspect1698

query1815

?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. iv. 156 The citizens..in nothing misdoubtinge their power [L. satis suis freti uiribus].

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. *ij^v That..I did misdoute your zelous mynde to vertues schole.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. iii. 121 Manie likelihoods inform'd mee of this before, which hung so tottring in the ballance, that I could neither beleeue nor misdoubt .

a1631 W. Laud Serm. (1847) 191 I will never misdoubt the piety of this nation in the performing this duty.

1684 R. Waller tr. Ess. Nat. Exper. Acad. del Cimento 61 Misdoubting the sufficiency of the Ligature to sustain the air.

1827 G. Griffin Tales Munster Festivals I. 24 You seem to misdoubt that part of my story.

1861 A. Trollope Orley Farm (1862) I. xxvii. 210 She did not say that she misdoubted the wisdom of her son's counsels.

1887 P. McNeill Blawearie 129 This was the voice of Teenie Bell: there was no misdoubting it.

1910 J. C. Lawson Mod. Greek Folklore & Anc. Greek Relig. 6 It is impossible really to misdoubt the strength and the depth of Greek religious sentiment.

1986 Trans. Yorks. Dial. Soc. lxxxvi. 13 He was diffident to a degree and always misdoubted his own ability.

b. transitive. With clause as object: to doubt (that something will happen, will be done, etc.). Now chiefly U.S. regional.

ΚΠ

1640 G. Sandys tr. H. Grotius Christs Passion iv. 42/26 Who beares not his own burden, that none may Misdoubt, the Innocent became their prey.

1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation iii. 74 We need not..misdoubt but that it is his, under whose name it goes.

1865 A. De Morgan Let. 3 Feb. in R. P. Graves Life Sir W. R. Hamilton (1889) III. 622 Misdoubting that the subscription plan had the sanction of the relatives.

1866 Catholic World Feb. 652/2 He did not name of his brother's passion for me, he never misdoubted but that I had at last yielded to his solicitations.

1891 J. C. Atkinson Forty Years Moorland Parish 14 [He] gravely shook his head, and misdoubted how it would work.

1942 M. Campbell Cloud-walking 10 I don't misdoubt them women will turn out right common and good after they get habited to the pioneering ways.

1993 Times 24 Nov. 16/1 I misdoubt that any player can do me justice in my prime, with my new periwig and silk suit.

†a. transitive. To fear or suspect the existence or occurrence of (something undesirable or evil). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > mistrust, suspect [verb (transitive)] > something evil

misdeem1450

mistrust1535

misdoubt?c1550

?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. iv. 159 The kinge, misdoubtinge some treason [L. fraudem suspicatus].

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. vii. sig. Mm2 He misdouted ech mans treason, and coniectured euery possibilitie of misfortune.

1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements i. xxix. 167 The Turkes secure and misdoubting nothing.

1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars i. xlix. 17 Warn'd by danger to misdoubt the worst.

1633 G. Herbert Church Porch in Temple xxviii Yet in thy thriving still misdoubt some evil.

1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 6 Because he misdoubted discovery as wel by the one as by the other.

a1721 J. Sheffield Wks. (1753) I. 64 My fearful conscious eyes Look often back, misdoubting a surprize.

b. transitive. Usually with clause as object: to fear or suspect (that something is or will be the case). Now chiefly British regional.In quot. 1818 with it standing pronominally for clause.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > mistrust, suspect [verb (transitive)] > that something is so

mistrust?c1450

misdeem1534

misdoubt1596

misconceive1611

distrust1628

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. iii. sig. Bb8 Misdoubting, least he should misguyde His former malice to some new assay.

1605 in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 81 They misdoubt they shall not be able to raise many voluntaries.

a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 378 Neither did the King misdoubt that the putting of Armes into so many of his Subjects hands would redound to his prejudice.

1680 Don Tomazo 17 Fill'd his Head full of jealousies and fears, as now misdoubting that his trusty Man Jemmey had some further designs rather of mischief then of kindness.

1813 Ld. Byron Bride Abydos i. v. 132 Much I misdoubt this wayward boy Will one day work me more annoy.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 4 And that leddy was the Queen hersell?.. I misdoubted it when I saw that your honour didna put on your hat.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. xv. 136 Mr. Boffin stared here, and stared there, as misdoubting that he must be in some sort of fit.

1908 E. Booth Cliff End in Trans. Yorks. Dial. Soc. (1986) lxxxvi. 13 Doctor says e misdoots e'll see another winter thruff.

1956 Aberdeen Univ. Rev. Spring 295 I sair misdoot, gin the grain war grun' There'll be a gey ‘nip’ i' the breid.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. (at cited word) Misdoubt, suspect, fear (that something will happen or will turn out to be the case).

†c. transitive. To suspect (a person or thing) of doing or being something. With infinitive. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > mistrust, suspect [verb (transitive)] > someone

suppose1556

misdoubt1599

1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 172 [He] is strongly misdoubted to practise with the Emperour for the joyning the Catholike and Lutheran forces in one.

1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 275 You misdoubt the Testimony to bee forged, because it was forgotten to name the place.

d. intransitive. To fear, suspect, or anticipate something evil. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Wife of Bathe's Tale in Fables 483 Misdoubting much, and fearful of th' Event.

1850 E. B. Browning Island xxx, in Poems II. 189 And who would murmur and misdoubt, When God's great sunrise finds him out?

1900 H. D. Rawnsley Ballads of War 78 Let those who fear, misdoubting of the end, Know.

a. transitive. To have misgivings, suspicions, or forebodings in regard to (something).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > mistrust, suspect [verb (transitive)]

mistrowOE

overtrowa1225

ortrow?c1225

susposea1325

souchec1325

supposec1384

mistrestc1415

mistrusta1425

mistraista1450

suspecta1500

mistrust1565

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surmisec1571

fear1578

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doubt1586

uncredit1615

disdoubt1659

jealouse1682

jalouse1816

suspicion1834

sus1953

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 355/1 They began to misdoubt there spedyng.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 194 I beseech your Grace let this Letter be read, Our person misdoubts it: twas treason he said.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) v. vi. 14 The Bird that hath bin limed in a bush, With trembling wings misdoubteth euery bush.

1663 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures (new ed.) lxxv. 307 Presently misdoubting the businesse, she went..to impart the sad news unto her Mother.

1857 C. Dickens Let. 19 Jan. (1995) VIII. 266 I much misdoubt an Amateur Artist's success in this vast place.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 496 Much they misdoubted what these came to do.

1901 Catholic World Mar. 745 I hid 'em [sc. the notes] under my waistcoat... I misdoubted something when you came with Mr. Miller, and whin we heard that night that he'd lost money I knew I'd got it.

1926 D. H. Lawrence David xii. 92 Michal: For I fear my father, and I misdoubt his hindrances.

1968 T. C. Chubb White God 73 I Misdoubt my hopes.

†b. transitive. To hesitate or scruple to do something. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > doubt [verb (transitive)] > to take action

misdoubt1581

scruple1660

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius ii. 176 The holy Ghost misdoubteth not to speake in the Scriptures, after this usuall phrase of speech [L. sacræ literæ non dubitant voces huiusmodi vsurpare].

a. intransitive. To be mistrustful or suspicious of. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > be mistrustful, suspect [verb (intransitive)]

ortrowOE

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misgive1567

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disconfide1627

suspicion1905

1580 A. Munday Zelauto iii. 120 Why Lady (quoth he) doo you misdoubt of my bountifull behauiour? or yt I am such a one as regardeth not my honesty.

1599 E. Ford Parismenos xxii. sig. Xx4^v Trusting you haue not misdoubted of my good will.

1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. xxiv. 86 I not a whit misdoubt of its assay.

1862 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles (ed. 7) xviii. 300 The neighbours may have misdoubted of the work, as having been done on the Sabbath.

1907 J. Rhoades Out of Silence 19 Hast thou of old misdoubted of My love?

b. transitive. To have doubts about the character, honesty, etc., of; to be mistrustful or suspicious of. Now chiefly Scottish and Irish English (northern).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > mistrust, suspect [verb (transitive)] > lack confidence in

mistristc1390

mistrustc1390

distrust1548

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misdoubtc1592

c1592 Faire Em sig. C2^v Ielosie..Hath so bewitched my louely Manuils sences, That he misdoubts his Em that loues his soule.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. vii. 62 Do you misdoubt This Sword, and these my Wounds.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. i. 175 I doe not misdoubt [1602 mistrust] my wife: but I would bee loath to turne them together.

1619 T. Gataker Spirituall Watch (1637) 109 Peter then..misdoubted not himselfe, nor his own inability, but he would and should doe as then he said.

1729 C. Cibber Love in Riddle iii. i. 63 My Heart misdoubts me.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. ix. 200 I dinna misdoubt ye.

1882 C. F. Woolson Anne 371 We put him in charge of a woman, who said she'd take care of him, but I misdoubt her.

1902 A. Lang in Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 481/1 His witnesses were misdoubted.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. (at cited word) Misdoubt, disbelieve, distrust, have no confidence in.

c. transitive (reflexive). To suspect, be suspicious. Now archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > mistrust [verb (reflexive)]

misdoubt1637

1637 T. Heywood Dial. viii. 109 Dost thou misdoubt thee Of nothing lost? hast all thy tooles about thee?

1843 G. P. R. James Forest Days I. ii. 12 Get thee gone, slut!..what dost thou know of friars' cells? Too much, I misdoubt me.

1895 ‘M. E. Francis’ Frieze & Fustian 240 I misdoubt me as wark 'ull be like yon letter, lad, it'll noan coom.

1962 N. Marsh Hand in Glove ii. 52 I wonder what he wants. Tickets for a concert, I misdoubt me.

†5. transitive. To fear for, be concerned for. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > be apprehensive [verb (transitive)] > be fearful for

annoyc1275

warec1420

fear1526

misdoubt1630

1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth i. 14 This also troubled the French King, who could not but misdoubt France [L. Galliæ non poterat non timere], if by this new marriage England should fall againe to the Spaniard, his Enemy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	misdoubt
释义	misdoubtn. Brit. /mɪsˈdaʊt/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈdaʊt/, Scottish English /mɪsˈdʌʊt/, Irish English /mɪsˈdaʊt/ Forms: see mis- prefix¹ and doubt n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, doubt n.¹ Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + doubt n.¹ Compare earlier misdoubt v., misdoubting n. Now chiefly Scottish and Irish English (northern). Apprehension of evil; unease, fear; doubt, mistrust. Now usually as a count noun: a misgiving, doubt, or suspicion. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [noun] ortrowthc1175 ortrowa1200 untrust?c1225 suspicion1303 suspectiona1340 mistrowa1375 overtrowa1375 misfaitha1382 jealousyc1385 suspectc1386 misdoubtingc1390 untrist1390 mistrowinga1393 mistrusta1393 mistrista1400 supposinga1400 untrestc1400 wantrustc1405 diffidencea1425 misdeemingc1450 untrustingc1450 discredence?a1475 surmise1509 suspensea1513 diffidency1537 distrust1548 distrusting1549 misdoubt1558 discredit1567 misgiving1582 scruple1597 disconfidence1620 inconfidence1627 disaffiance1631 non-fiance1643 defiance1662 suspiciencya1690 reservation1719 disfaith1870 méfiance1876 1558 W. Forrest Hist. Grisild the Second (1875) 114 Into a kyngedome of farre more glorye Shee was receaued, I haue no mysdoubte. 1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. ii. sig. D2 Ile conquer my misdoubt, And in thy loue and councell drowne my feare. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 332 Steele thy fearfull thoughts, And change misdoubt to resolution. View more context for this quotation 1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis x. 209 And thee Adonis, her misdoubts disswade From such encounters. 1680 J. Crowne Misery Civil-war v. 70 The Bird that sees the Bush where once it self Was lim'd..Cannot but hover round it with misdoubt. 1823 J. Galt Entail II. xxx. 284 I hae a misdoot that a's no right and sound wi' her mair than wi' him. 1893 Sir E. Arnold in Westm. Gaz. 11 Oct. 7/2 It seems time for enlightened minds to lay aside misdoubt regarding the continuity of individual life. 1899 C. H. Herford Wks. Shakespeare IV. 404 The tragic compunctions and misdoubts of Faustus. 1910 R. Quin Borderland 61 Some vague misdoot—some foolish fear In my auld heart keeps springin'. 1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 186 I have a misdoubt that all's not right up there. 1981 N.Y. Times 31 Dec. a23/3 Middle-aged men..caught in the familiar hodge-podge of midlife misdoubts and ironies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). misdoubtv. Brit. /mɪsˈdaʊt/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈdaʊt/ Forms: see mis- prefix¹ and doubt v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, doubt v. Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ (compare mis- prefix¹ 5) + doubt v. Compare earlier misdoubting n. Compare also Middle French mesdoubter (reflexive) to doubt, suspect (1518 or earlier). Now chiefly archaic and regional. 1. a. transitive. To have doubts as to the existence, truth, or reality of (a thing); = doubt v. 2a. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > doubt [verb (transitive)] doubta1400 question1533 misdoubt?c1550 scrupulize1625 scruple1641 demur1667 suspect1698 query1815 ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. iv. 156 The citizens..in nothing misdoubtinge their power [L. satis suis freti uiribus]. 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. ij^v That..I did misdoute your zelous mynde to vertues schole. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well* (1623) i. iii. 121 Manie likelihoods inform'd mee of this before, which hung so tottring in the ballance, that I could neither beleeue nor misdoubt . View more context for this quotation a1631 W. Laud Serm. (1847) 191 I will never misdoubt the piety of this nation in the performing this duty. 1684 R. Waller tr. Ess. Nat. Exper. Acad. del Cimento 61 Misdoubting the sufficiency of the Ligature to sustain the air. 1827 G. Griffin Tales Munster Festivals I. 24 You seem to misdoubt that part of my story. 1861 A. Trollope Orley Farm (1862) I. xxvii. 210 She did not say that she misdoubted the wisdom of her son's counsels. 1887 P. McNeill Blawearie 129 This was the voice of Teenie Bell: there was no misdoubting it. 1910 J. C. Lawson Mod. Greek Folklore & Anc. Greek Relig. 6 It is impossible really to misdoubt the strength and the depth of Greek religious sentiment. 1986 Trans. Yorks. Dial. Soc. lxxxvi. 13 He was diffident to a degree and always misdoubted his own ability. b. transitive. With clause as object: to doubt (that something will happen, will be done, etc.). Now chiefly U.S. regional. ΚΠ 1640 G. Sandys tr. H. Grotius Christs Passion iv. 42/26 Who beares not his own burden, that none may Misdoubt, the Innocent became their prey. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation iii. 74 We need not..misdoubt but that it is his, under whose name it goes. 1865 A. De Morgan Let. 3 Feb. in R. P. Graves Life Sir W. R. Hamilton (1889) III. 622 Misdoubting that the subscription plan had the sanction of the relatives. 1866 Catholic World Feb. 652/2 He did not name of his brother's passion for me, he never misdoubted but that I had at last yielded to his solicitations. 1891 J. C. Atkinson Forty Years Moorland Parish 14 [He] gravely shook his head, and misdoubted how it would work. 1942 M. Campbell Cloud-walking 10 I don't misdoubt them women will turn out right common and good after they get habited to the pioneering ways. 1993 Times 24 Nov. 16/1 I misdoubt that any player can do me justice in my prime, with my new periwig and silk suit. 2. †a. transitive. To fear or suspect the existence or occurrence of (something undesirable or evil). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > mistrust, suspect [verb (transitive)] > something evil misdeem1450 mistrust1535 misdoubt?c1550 ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. iv. 159 The kinge, misdoubtinge some treason [L. fraudem suspicatus]. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. vii. sig. Mm2 He misdouted ech mans treason, and coniectured euery possibilitie of misfortune. 1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements i. xxix. 167 The Turkes secure and misdoubting nothing. 1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars i. xlix. 17 Warn'd by danger to misdoubt the worst. 1633 G. Herbert Church Porch in Temple xxviii Yet in thy thriving still misdoubt some evil. 1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 6 Because he misdoubted discovery as wel by the one as by the other. a1721 J. Sheffield Wks. (1753) I. 64 My fearful conscious eyes Look often back, misdoubting a surprize. b. transitive. Usually with clause as object: to fear or suspect (that something is or will be the case). Now chiefly British regional.In quot. 1818 with it standing pronominally for clause. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > mistrust, suspect [verb (transitive)] > that something is so mistrust?c1450 misdeem1534 misdoubt1596 misconceive1611 distrust1628 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. iii. sig. Bb8 Misdoubting, least he should misguyde His former malice to some new assay. View more context for this quotation 1605 in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 81 They misdoubt they shall not be able to raise many voluntaries. a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 378 Neither did the King misdoubt that the putting of Armes into so many of his Subjects hands would redound to his prejudice. 1680 Don Tomazo 17 Fill'd his Head full of jealousies and fears, as now misdoubting that his trusty Man Jemmey had some further designs rather of mischief then of kindness. 1813 Ld. Byron Bride Abydos i. v. 132 Much I misdoubt this wayward boy Will one day work me more annoy. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 4 And that leddy was the Queen hersell?.. I misdoubted it when I saw that your honour didna put on your hat. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. xv. 136 Mr. Boffin stared here, and stared there, as misdoubting that he must be in some sort of fit. 1908 E. Booth Cliff End in Trans. Yorks. Dial. Soc. (1986) lxxxvi. 13 Doctor says e misdoots e'll see another winter thruff. 1956 Aberdeen Univ. Rev. Spring 295 I sair misdoot, gin the grain war grun' There'll be a gey ‘nip’ i' the breid. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. (at cited word) Misdoubt, suspect, fear (that something will happen or will turn out to be the case). †c. transitive. To suspect (a person or thing) of doing or being something. With infinitive. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > mistrust, suspect [verb (transitive)] > someone suppose1556 misdoubt1599 1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 172 [He] is strongly misdoubted to practise with the Emperour for the joyning the Catholike and Lutheran forces in one. 1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 275 You misdoubt the Testimony to bee forged, because it was forgotten to name the place. d. intransitive. To fear, suspect, or anticipate something evil. Now rare. ΚΠ 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Wife of Bathe's Tale in Fables 483 Misdoubting much, and fearful of th' Event. 1850 E. B. Browning Island xxx, in Poems II. 189 And who would murmur and misdoubt, When God's great sunrise finds him out? 1900 H. D. Rawnsley Ballads of War 78 Let those who fear, misdoubting of the end, Know. 3. a. transitive. To have misgivings, suspicions, or forebodings in regard to (something). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > mistrust, suspect [verb (transitive)] mistrowOE overtrowa1225 ortrow?c1225 susposea1325 souchec1325 supposec1384 mistrestc1415 mistrusta1425 mistraista1450 suspecta1500 mistrust1565 misdoubt1570 surmisec1571 fear1578 diffide1583 doubt1586 uncredit1615 disdoubt1659 jealouse1682 jalouse1816 suspicion1834 sus1953 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 355/1 They began to misdoubt there spedyng. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 194 I beseech your Grace let this Letter be read, Our person misdoubts it: twas treason he said. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) v. vi. 14 The Bird that hath bin limed in a bush, With trembling wings misdoubteth euery bush. View more context for this quotation 1663 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures (new ed.) lxxv. 307 Presently misdoubting the businesse, she went..to impart the sad news unto her Mother. 1857 C. Dickens Let. 19 Jan. (1995) VIII. 266 I much misdoubt an Amateur Artist's success in this vast place. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 496 Much they misdoubted what these came to do. 1901 Catholic World Mar. 745 I hid 'em [sc. the notes] under my waistcoat... I misdoubted something when you came with Mr. Miller, and whin we heard that night that he'd lost money I knew I'd got it. 1926 D. H. Lawrence David xii. 92 Michal: For I fear my father, and I misdoubt his hindrances. 1968 T. C. Chubb White God 73 I Misdoubt my hopes. †b. transitive. To hesitate or scruple to do something. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > doubt [verb (transitive)] > to take action misdoubt1581 scruple1660 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius ii. 176 The holy Ghost misdoubteth not to speake in the Scriptures, after this usuall phrase of speech [L. sacræ literæ non dubitant voces huiusmodi vsurpare]. 4. a. intransitive. To be mistrustful or suspicious of. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > be mistrustful, suspect [verb (intransitive)] ortrowOE souche1338 defyc1380 mistrusta1382 distrust1430 misdeema1450 misgive1567 misdoubt1580 suspect1593 savour1594 disconfide1627 suspicion1905 1580 A. Munday Zelauto iii. 120 Why Lady (quoth he) doo you misdoubt of my bountifull behauiour? or yt I am such a one as regardeth not my honesty. 1599 E. Ford Parismenos xxii. sig. Xx4^v Trusting you haue not misdoubted of my good will. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. xxiv. 86 I not a whit misdoubt of its assay. 1862 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles (ed. 7) xviii. 300 The neighbours may have misdoubted of the work, as having been done on the Sabbath. 1907 J. Rhoades Out of Silence 19 Hast thou of old misdoubted of My love? b. transitive. To have doubts about the character, honesty, etc., of; to be mistrustful or suspicious of. Now chiefly Scottish and Irish English (northern). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > mistrust, suspect [verb (transitive)] > lack confidence in mistristc1390 mistrustc1390 distrust1548 misdain1558 misdoubtc1592 c1592 Faire Em sig. C2^v Ielosie..Hath so bewitched my louely Manuils sences, That he misdoubts his Em that loues his soule. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. vii. 62 Do you misdoubt This Sword, and these my Wounds. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. i. 175 I doe not misdoubt [1602 mistrust] my wife: but I would bee loath to turne them together. View more context for this quotation 1619 T. Gataker Spirituall Watch (1637) 109 Peter then..misdoubted not himselfe, nor his own inability, but he would and should doe as then he said. 1729 C. Cibber Love in Riddle iii. i. 63 My Heart misdoubts me. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. ix. 200 I dinna misdoubt ye. 1882 C. F. Woolson Anne 371 We put him in charge of a woman, who said she'd take care of him, but I misdoubt her. 1902 A. Lang in Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 481/1 His witnesses were misdoubted. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. (at cited word) Misdoubt, disbelieve, distrust, have no confidence in. c. transitive (reflexive). To suspect, be suspicious. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > mistrust [verb (reflexive)] misdoubt1637 1637 T. Heywood Dial. viii. 109 Dost thou misdoubt thee Of nothing lost? hast all thy tooles about thee? 1843 G. P. R. James Forest Days I. ii. 12 Get thee gone, slut!..what dost thou know of friars' cells? Too much, I misdoubt me. 1895 ‘M. E. Francis’ Frieze & Fustian 240 I misdoubt me as wark 'ull be like yon letter, lad, it'll noan coom. 1962 N. Marsh Hand in Glove ii. 52 I wonder what he wants. Tickets for a concert, I misdoubt me. †5. transitive. To fear for, be concerned for. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > be apprehensive [verb (transitive)] > be fearful for annoyc1275 warec1420 fear1526 misdoubt1630 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth i. 14 This also troubled the French King, who could not but misdoubt France [L. Galliæ non poterat non timere], if by this new marriage England should fall againe to the Spaniard, his Enemy. 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