3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doubt \Doubt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dou?ted}; p. pr & vb n.
{Doubting}.] [OE. duten douten, OF duter, doter, douter, F.
douter, fr L. dubitare; akin to dubius doubtful. See
{Dubious}.]
1. 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.
--Hooker.
To try your love and make you doubt of mine.
--Dryden.
2. To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive. [Obs.]
Syn: To waver; vacillate; fluctuate; hesitate; demur;
scruple; question.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doubting \Doubt"ing\, a.
That is uncertain; that distrusts or hesitates; having
doubts. -- {Doubt"ing*ly}, adv
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
doubting
adj : marked by or given to doubt; "a skeptical attitude"; "a
skeptical listener" [syn: {questioning}, {skeptical}, {sceptical}]
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