bedoubt

bedoubt

English

Alternative forms

  • bedoute

Etymology

From be- +‎ doubt.

Verb

bedoubt (third-person singular simple present bedoubts, present participle bedoubting, simple past and past participle bedoubted)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To dread; respect; renown.
    • 1470, Hardyng, Chronicle:
      Above all men he was there moste bedoute.
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