dout

D2O1U1T1

verb

To put out; quench; extinguish; douse.

OriginMiddle English doute →
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Meanings

dout1

noun
  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of doubt.
  2. misspellingMisspelling of doubt.

dout2

verbdout (third-person singular simple present douts, present participle douting, simple past and past participle douted)

present singular third person douts · participle present douting · participle past douted · past douted

  1. dialectalobsoletetransitiveTo put out; quench; extinguish; douse.

    Mount them, and make inciſion in their Hides, / That their hot blood may ſpin in Engliſh eyes, / And doubt them with ſuperfluous courage : ha.

    1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], page 86, column 1
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    The fire she lit in every breast was fanned rather than douted by the rumour presently puffed abroad that she was the recipient of letters addressed in a man’s handwriting.

    1893, J. Keighley Snowden, “The Angel Barmaid”, in Tales of the Yorkshire Worlds, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, page 136

Origin

dout · noun

  1. Middle Englishdoute“doubt”
  2. Englishdout

From Middle English doute (“doubt”). More at doubt.

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dout · verb

  1. Middle Englishdon ut“do out”
  2. Englishdout

Blend of do + out, from Middle English don ut (“do out”). Compare don, doff, dup.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with dout

aboutoutwithoutthroughoutroutedoubtscoutshoutdroughtbouttoutstoutspoutgoutcloutgroutsproutdevoutroutpoutrerouteloutumlautstrout
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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