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What is the verb for doubt?

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doubt
  1. (transitive) To lack confidence in; to disbelieve, question, or suspect.
  2. (archaic) To fear; to suspect.
  3. (obsolete) To fear; to be apprehensive of.
  4. (obsolete) To fill with fear; to affright.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. distrust, mistrust, suspect, disbelieve, misdoubt, discredit, misgive, scruple over, skepticize, be suspicious of, feel apprehensive about, feel uneasy about, have suspicions about, cast doubt on, harbor suspicion, have qualms, have reservations, have reservations about, lack confidence in, not buy, be apprehensive of, disbelieve in, give no credence, have doubts about, have misgivings about, not believe, smell a rat, be chary of, be skeptical of, be unconvinced about, be unsure about, be unsure of, be wary of, have no confidence in, have no faith in, regard with suspicion, question, be incredulous of, discount, wonder about, give no credence to, take with a pinch of salt, not accept, have doubts, query, challenge, fear, wonder, reject, misbelieve … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “There is no reason to doubt him based on his track record of honesty and integrity.”
      “Only a fool would doubt his talent given his achievements to date.”
      “My experiences have caused me to doubt and wonder about the legitimacy of my life's philosophies.”
doubting
  1. present participle of doubt
  2. Synonyms:
      3. distrusting, mistrusting, suspecting, disbelieving, misdoubting, discrediting, misgiving, scrupling over, skepticizing, feeling apprehensive about, feeling uneasy about, having suspicions about, casting doubt on, harboring suspicion, having qualms, having reservations, having reservations about, lacking confidence in, not buying, disbelieving in, giving no credence, having doubts about, having misgivings about, not believing, smelling a rat, having no confidence in, having no faith in, regarding with suspicion, questioning, challenging, disputing, contesting, querying, debating, calling in question, calling into question, expressing concern, hesitating, wavering, vacillating, dithering, swaying, faltering, fluctuating, havering, oscillating, shilly-shallying, demurring, swithering, having doubts … more
dubitate
  1. to doubt
dubitates
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dubitate
doubts
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of doubt
  2. Synonyms:
      3. distrusts, mistrusts, suspects, disbelieves, misdoubts, discredits, misgives, scruples over, skepticizes, feels apprehensive about, feels uneasy about, has suspicions about, casts doubt on, harbors suspicion, has qualms, has reservations, has reservations about, lacks confidence in, not buys, disbelieves in, gives no credence, has doubts about, has misgivings about, not believes, smells a rat, has no confidence in, has no faith in, regards with suspicion, questions, challenges, disputes, contests, queries, debates, calls in question, calls into question, expresses concern, hesitates, wavers, vacillates, dithers, sways, falters, fluctuates, havers, oscillates, shilly-shallies, demurs, swithers, has doubts … more
doubteth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of doubt
dubitated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of dubitate
doubtest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of doubt
doubted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of doubt
  2. Synonyms:
      3. distrusted, mistrusted, suspected, disbelieved, misdoubted, discredited, misgave, misgiven, scrupled over, skepticized, felt apprehensive about, felt uneasy about, had suspicions about, cast doubt on, harbored suspicion, had qualms, had reservations, had reservations about, lacked confidence in, not bought, disbelieved in, gave no credence, given no credence, had doubts about, had misgivings about, not believed, smelt a rat, smelled a rat, had no confidence in, had no faith in, regarded with suspicion, questioned, challenged, disputed, contested, queried, debated, called in question, called into question, expressed concern, hesitated, wavered, vacillated, dithered, swayed, faltered, fluctuated, havered, oscillated, shilly-shallied … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “They had planned for this, but he still doubted whether or not it was really going to work.”
      “I simply mentioned that I wouldn't mind going to Skuba but doubted my friends would come.”
      “Last week, she made her intentions abundantly clear, especially to those who doubted that she had the balls to run for high office.”
dubitating
  1. present participle of dubitate
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