misdoubt
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Brannau and Burchhausen boasted each of a chirurgic wonder, but Stroer misdoubted or defied their skill.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 394, October 17, 1829 by Various
"Take him away," then said Fergus to his varlets, "and guard him well"; for he misdoubted some mischief of Faery was on foot.
From The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland by Reid, Stephen
I misdoubted me and I did not know why.
From Four Ghost Stories by Molesworth, Mrs.
And noting the lordly fashion of the robes, unsuited to the quality of merchants, they misdoubted that Messer Torello had recognized them.
From The Decameron, Volume II by Rigg, J. M. (James Macmullen)
I had little faith in the power of education to rectify such a mind; or rather, I entirely misdoubted my own ability to influence it.
From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte
