misdoubt

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"If they don't take to treat him kinder, I misdoubt me but he'll do something desperate, as the dead-and-gone heir, Rupert, did," she remarked, sitting down near her father.

From Trevlyn Hold by Wood, Mrs. Henry

“And even if I did I misdoubt if Aunt Erie would have anything to compare it with—unless she carried her alarm clock along with her.”

From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Lundsford, Hugh

He understands things," he muttered, "and I misdoubt this.

From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley J.

Lawrence," said he, leaning across the table, with his eyes fixed upon my face and his voice lowered to a whisper, "I misdoubt me, but this is a fool's business we're embarked upon.

From Lawrence Clavering by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

Humph," grunted out Brother Jackson, pursing up his thick lips and folding his fat hands before him; "I misdoubt whether the enemy be not mixed up somehow or other with these manifestations.

From A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor