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verb

Doubt v. t.

To question or hold questionable; to withhold assent to; to hesitate to believe, or to be inclined not to believe; to withhold confidence from; to distrust; as, I have heard the story, but I doubt the truth of it. "To admire superior sense, and doubt their own!" "I doubt not that however changed, you keep So much of what is graceful."

To doubt not but. "I do not doubt but I have been to blame." "We doubt not now But every rub is smoothed on our way." Note: That is, we have no doubt to prevent us from believing, etc. (or notwithstanding all that may be said to the contrary) but having a preventive sense, after verbs of "doubting" and "denying" that convey a notion of hindrance.

To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive of. (Obs.) "Edmond (was a) good man and doubted God." "I doubt some foul play." "That I of doubted danger had no fear."

To fill with fear; to affright. (Obs.) "The virtues of the valiant Caratach More doubt me than all Britain."

Doubt v. i. (past & past part. doubted; pres. part. doubting)

To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the negative or the affirmative proposition; to b e undetermined. "Even in matters divine, concerning some things, we may lawfully doubt, and suspend our judgment." "To try your love and make you doubt of mine."

To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive. (Obs.)

Synonyms: To waver; vacillate; fluctuate; hesitate; demur; scruple; question.

adjective

Doubting adj. That is uncertain; that distrusts or hesitates; having doubts.

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Etymology of 'Doubting'

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"Doubting" Quotes from Famous Books

... is still! through mist and cloud 360 That merry peal comes ringing loud; And Geraldine shakes off her dread, And rises lightly from the bed; Puts on her silken vestments white, And tricks her hair in lovely plight, 365 And nothing doubting of her spell Awakens the lady Christabel. 'Sleep you, sweet lady Christabel? I trust that you have ...

— The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Vol I and II • Samuel Taylor Coleridge

... The doubting disciple held a very insignificant place until the shrine of St. Thomas of Canterbury became one of the holy places of Christendom. To Thomas belong Macey, Massie, and Masson, dims. of French aphetic forms, but the first two are also from Old ...

— The Romance of Names • Ernest Weekley

... turn back, for the storm was already upon them—one of those fearful thunderstorms to which the high Minnesota table-land is peculiarly liable. In sheer desperation, Charlton took the right-hand road, not doubting that he could at least find shelter for the night in some settler's shanty. The storm was one not to be imagined by those who have not seen its like, not to be described by any one. The quick succession of flashes of lightning, the sudden, sharp, unendurable ...

— The Mystery of Metropolisville • Edward Eggleston

... not respond to it. The most ignorant, self-regarding, timid trust may unite the soul to Jesus Christ. To desire is to have; and 'whosoever will, may take of the water of life freely.' If you only come to Him, though He have passed, He will stop. If you come trusting and yet doubting, He will forgive the doubt and answer the trust. If you come to Him, knowing but that your heart is full of evil which none save He can cure, and putting out a lame hand—or even a tremulous finger-tip—to touch His garment, be sure that anything is possible ...

— Expositions of Holy Scripture - St. Mark • Alexander Maclaren

... nearer inspection, and lifted the little saucy bit of headgear from its place in the decorations of Nola's wall. There could be no doubting it; that was Alan Macdonald's bonnet, and there was a bullet hole in it at the stem of the little feather. The close-grazing lead had sheared the plume in two, and gone on its stinging way straight ...

— The Rustler of Wind River • G. W. Ogden

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