bedoubt

B3E1D2O1U1B3T1

verb

To dread; respect; renown.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person bedoubts · participle present bedoubting · participle past bedoubted · past bedoubted · alternative bedoute

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo dread; respect; renown.

    Above all men he was there moste bedoute.

    1470, Hardyng, Chronicle

Origin

From be- + doubt.

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APA

bedoubt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedoubt

MLA

“bedoubt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedoubt. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bedoubt,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedoubt.

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