Verb

To contradict; to withsay; to deny, refute; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.

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* 1902 , , The Hound of the Baskervilles :

Know then that in the time of the Great Rebellion (the history of which by the learned Lord Clarendon I most earnestly commend to your attention) this Manor of Baskerville was held by Hugo of that name, nor can it be gainsaid that he was a most wild, profane, and godless man.

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Verb

(en verb)

(ambitransitive) To lack confidence in; to disbelieve, question, or suspect.

He doubted that was really what you meant.

* Hooker

Even in matters divine, concerning some things, we may lawfully doubt

* Dryden

To try your love and make you doubt of mine.

(archaic) To fear; to suspect.

* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , I.186:

He fled, like Joseph, leaving it; but there, / I doubt , all likeness ends between the pair.

(obsolete) To fear; to be apprehensive of.

* R. of Gloucester

Edmond [was a] good man and doubted God.

* Shakespeare

I doubt some foul play.

* Spenser

I of doubted danger had no fear.

(obsolete) To fill with fear; to affright.

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* Beaumont and Fletcher

The virtues of the valiant Caratach / More doubt me than all Britain.