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Double (?), adv. Twice; doubly.
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I was double their age. Swift.
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Double, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doubled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Doubling (?).] [OE. doblen, dublen, doublen, F. doubler, fr. L. duplare, fr. duplus. See , a.] 1. To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two; as, to double a sum of money; to double a number, or length.
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Double six thousand, and then treble that. Shak.
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2. To make of two thicknesses or folds by turning or bending together in the middle; to fold one part upon another part of; as, to double the leaf of a book, and the like; to clinch, as the fist; -- often followed by up; as, to double up a sheet of paper or cloth. Prior.
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Then the old man
Was wroth, and doubled up his hands. Tennyson.
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3. To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
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Thus reënforced, against the adverse fleet,
Still doubling ours, brave Rupert leads the way. Dryden.
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4. To pass around or by; to march or sail round, so as to reverse the direction of motion.
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Sailing along the coast, the doubled the promontory of Carthage. Knolles.
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5. (Mil.) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
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Double, v. i. 1. To be increased to twice the sum, number, quantity, length, or value; to increase or grow to twice as much.
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'T is observed in particular nations, that within the space of three hundred years, notwithstanding all casualties, the number of men doubles. T. Burnet.
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2. To return upon one's track; to turn and go back over the same ground, or in an opposite direction.
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Doubling and turning like a hunted hare. Dryden.
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Doubling and doubling with laborious walk. Wordsworth.
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3. To play tricks; to use sleights; to play false.
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What penalty and danger you accrue,
If you be found to double. J. Webster.
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4. (Print.) To set up a word or words a second time by mistake; to make a doublet.
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Coloq. To double upon (Mil.), to inclose between two fires.
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Double, n. 1. Twice as much; twice the number, sum, quantity, length, value, and the like.
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If the thief be found, let him pay double. Ex. xxii. 7.
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2. Among compositors, a doublet (see , 2.); among pressmen, a sheet that is twice pulled, and blurred.
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3. That which is doubled over or together; a doubling; a plait; a fold.
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Rolled up in sevenfold double
Of plagues. Marston.
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4. A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues; hence, a trick; a shift; an artifice.
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These men are too well acquainted with the chase to be flung off by any false steps or doubles. Addison.
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5. A person or thing that is the counterpart of another; a duplicate; copy; (Obs.) transcript; -- now chiefly used of persons. Hence, a wraith.
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My charming friend . . . has, I am almost sure, a double, who preaches his afternoon sermons for him. Atlantic Monthly.
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6. A player or singer who prepares to take the part of another player in his absence; a substitute; -- used especially of a person who resembles an actor and takes the actor's place in scenes requiring special skills; as, a stunt double.
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7. Double beer; strong beer.
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8. (Eccl.) A feast in which the antiphon is doubled, hat is, said twice, before and after the Psalms, instead of only half being said, as in simple feasts. Shipley.
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9. (Lawn Tennis) A game between two pairs of players; as, a first prize for doubles.
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10. (Mus.) An old term for a variation, as in Bach's Suites.
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Double-acting (?), a. Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or pump.
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Double-bank (?), v. t. (Naut.) To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.
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Coloq. To double-bank an oar , to set two men to pulling one oar.
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Double-banked (?), a. Applied to a kind of rowing in which the rowers sit side by side in twos, a pair of oars being worked from each bank or thwart.

{ Double-barreled (?), or -barrelled }, a. Having two barrels; -- applied to a gun.
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Double-beat valve (?). See under .
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Double-breasted (?), a. Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side; as, a double-breasted coat.
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Double-charge (?), v. t. 1. To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder.
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2. To overcharge. Shak.
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double cross, double-cross v. t. to betray or swindle (a colleague); to promise (a collaborator) one thing and to treacherously do another, to the detriment of the collaborator.
Syn. -- cross, betray.
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double cross, double-cross n. teh act of double-crossing; the betrayal or swindling of a collaborator or colleague.
Syn. -- cross, betray.
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double-crosser n. one who double-crosses another; a person who says one thing and does another.
Syn. -- double-dealer, betrayer, traitor.
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doubled adj. 1. rendered twice as great or twice as many.
Syn. -- double, duplex, twofold, diploid.
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2. folded in two; as, doubled sheets of paper.
Syn. -- doubled over.
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Double dealer, double-dealer (?). One who practices double dealing; a deceitful, trickish person; a person who says one thing and does another. L'Estrange.
Syn. -- double-crosser, betrayer, traitor.
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Double dealing, double-dealing (?). False or deceitful dealing; acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another. See Double dealing, under . Shak.
Syn. -- duplicity.
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double-dealing adj. 1. given to deception especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; as, they accused each other of double-dealing behavior.
Syn. -- ambidextrous, deceitful, duplicitous, two-faced.
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Double-decker (?), n. 1. (Naut.) 1. A man-of-war having two gun decks.
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2. (a) A tenement house having two families on each floor. [Local, U. S.] (b) A biplane aëroplane or kite. [Colloq.]
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3. anything having two decks or levels, as a bus with two levels for passengers. In older vehicles, less often today, the upper deck was open, as on street cars. [Colloq.]
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Double-dye (?), v. t. To dye again or twice over.
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To double-dye their robes in scarlet. J. Webster.
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Double-dyed (?), a. Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely colored; hence; firmly fixed in opinions or habits; as, a double-dyed villain.
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Double-ender (?), n. (a) (Naut.) A vessel capable of moving in either direction, having bow and rudder at each end. (b) (Railroad) A locomotive with pilot at each end. Knight.
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Double-entendre (?), n. [F. double double + entendre to mean. This is a barbarous compound of French words. The true French equivalent is double entente.] A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate.
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Double-eyed (?), a. Having a deceitful look. [R.] “Deceitful meanings is double-eyed.” Spenser.
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Doubleganger (?), n. [G. doppelgänger; doppel double + gänger walker.] An apparition or double of a living person; a doppelgänger.

Either you are Hereward, or you are his doubleganger. C. Kingsley.
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Double-faced (?), a. 1. Having two faces designed for use; as, a double-faced hammer.
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2. Deceitful; hypocritical; treacherous. Milton.
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Double first (?). (Eng. Universities) (a) A degree of the first class both in classics and mathematics. (b) One who gains at examinations the highest honor both in the classics and the mathematics. Beaconsfield.
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Double-handed (?), a. 1. Having two hands.
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2. Deceitful; deceptive. Glanvill.
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Double-headed (?), a. Having two heads; bicipital.
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Coloq. Double-headed rail (Railroad), a rail whose flanges are duplicates, so that when one is worn the other may be turned uppermost.
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doubleheader n. two events, usually entertainment or sports performances, occurring immediately in succession or within a short time of each other; especially, two sports games played by the same teams on the same day, one right after another. A doubleheader in baseball is often scheduled between teams when a previously shceduled game is postponed, as due to rain or other interfering factors. In such cases, the admission price for the doubleheader remains that of a single game, though two games are played.
Syn. -- twin bill, double feature.
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Double-hearted (?), a. Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous. Sandys.
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Double-hung (?), a. Having both sashes hung with weights and cords; -- said of a window.
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Double-lock (?), v. t. To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security. Tatler.
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Double-milled (?), a. Twice milled or fulled, to render more compact or fine; -- said of cloth; as, double-milled kerseymere.
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Double-minded (?), a. Having different minds at different times; unsettled; undetermined.
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A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. Jas. i. 8.
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Doubleness (?), n. 1. The state of being double or doubled.
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2. Duplicity; insincerity. Chaucer.
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Double pedro. Cinch (the game).
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Double-quick (?), a. (Mil.) Of, or performed in, the fastest time or step in marching, next to the run; as, a double-quick step or march.
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Double-quick, n. Double-quick time, step, or march.
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☞ Double-quick time requires 165 steps, each 33 inches in length, to be taken in one minute. The number of steps may be increased up to 180 per minute.
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Double-quick, v. i. & t. (Mil.) To move, or cause to move, in double-quick time.
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Doubler (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, doubles.
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2. (Elec.) An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electroscope.
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3. A part of a distilling apparatus for intercepting the heavier fractions and returning them to be redistilled.
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4. (Calico Printing) A blanket or felt placed between the fabric and the printing table or cylinder.
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Double-ripper (?), n. A kind of coasting sled, made of two sleds fastened together with a board, one before the other. [Local, U. S.]
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doubles n. 1. badminton played with two players on each side.
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2. tennis played with two players on each side.
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double-shade (?), v. t. To double the natural darkness of (a place). Milton.
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double standard (?), n. a standard or set of principles governing conduct, which is applied more stringently or differently to one group of people than to another; -- used especially of standards of sexual behavior that condemn behavior on the part of women that is condoned or not condemned when exhibited by men.
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Double-surfaced (?), a. Having two surfaces; -- said specif. of aëroplane wings or aërocurves which are covered on both sides with fabric, etc., thus completely inclosing their frames.
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Doublet (?), n. [In sense 3, OF. doublet; in sense 4, F. doublet, dim. of double double. See , a.] 1. Two of the same kind; a pair; a couple.
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2. (Print.) A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time.
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3. A close-fitting garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century.
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4. (Lapidary Work) A counterfeit gem, composed of two pieces of crystal, with a color them, and thus giving the appearance of a naturally colored gem. Also, a piece of paste or glass covered by a veneer of real stone.
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5. (Opt.) An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct. W. H. Wollaston.
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6. pl. (See No. 1.) Two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost; as, to throw doublets.
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7. pl. [Cf. Pr. doblier, dobler draughtboard.] A game somewhat like backgammon. Halliwell.
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8. One of two or more words in the same language derived by different courses from the same original from; as, crypt and grot are doublets; also, guard and ward; yard and garden; abridge and abbreviate, etc.
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Double-threaded (?), a. 1. Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.
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2. (Mech.) Having two screw threads instead of one; -- said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers of adjacent threads.
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Double-tongue (?), n. Deceit; duplicity.
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Now cometh the sin of double-tongue, such as speak fair before folk and wickedly behind. Chaucer.
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Double-tongued (?), a. Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful.
Syn. -- deceitful, double-faced, hypocritical, Janus-faced, two-faced.
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Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued. 1 Tim. iii. 8.
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Double-tonguing (?), n. (Mus.) A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing.
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Doubletree (?), n. The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the singletrees are attached.
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Doublets (?), n. pl. See , 6 and 7.
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Doubling (?), n. 1. The act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled.
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2. A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice. Dryden.
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3. (Her.) The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon.
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4. The process of redistilling spirits, to improve the strength and flavor.
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5. raising the stakes in a game, such as a card game or backgammon, by a factor of 2.
Syn. -- double.
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Coloq. Doubling a cape , Coloq. promontory , etc. (Naut.), sailing around or passing beyond a cape, promontory, etc.
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Doubloon (?), n. [F. doublon, Sp. doblon. See , a., and cf. .] A Spanish gold coin, no longer issued, varying in value at different times from over fifteen dollars to about five. See in Sup.
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Doublure (?), n. [F.] 1. (Bookbinding) The lining of a book cover, esp. one of unusual sort, as of tooled leather, painted vellum, rich brocade, or the like.
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2. (Paleon.) The reflexed margin of the trilobite carapace.
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Doubly (dŭbl�), adv. 1. In twice the quantity; to twice the degree; as, doubly wise or good; to be doubly sensible of an obligation. Dryden.
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2. Deceitfully. “A man that deals doubly.” Huloet.
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Doubt (dout), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Doubted; p. pr. & vb. n. Doubting.] [OE. duten, douten, OF. duter, doter, douter, F. douter, fr. L. dubitare; akin to dubius doubtful. See .] 1. To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the negative or the affirmative proposition; to b e undetermined.
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Even in matters divine, concerning some things, we may lawfully doubt, and suspend our judgment. Hooker.
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To try your love and make you doubt of mine. Dryden.
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2. To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive. [Obs.]

Syn. -- To waver; vacillate; fluctuate; hesitate; demur; scruple; question.
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Doubt, v. t. 1. To question or hold questionable; to withhold assent to; to hesitate to believe, or to be inclined not to believe; to withhold confidence from; to distrust; as, I have heard the story, but I doubt the truth of it.
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To admire superior sense, and doubt their own! Pope.
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I doubt not that however changed, you keep
So much of what is graceful. Tennyson.
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Coloq. To doubt not but . I do not doubt but I have been to blame. Dryden.
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We doubt not now
But every rub is smoothed on our way. Shak.
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That is, we have no doubt to prevent us from believing, etc. (or notwithstanding all that may be said to the contrary) -- but having a preventive sense, after verbs of “doubting” and “denying” that convey a notion of hindrance. E. A. Abbott.
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2. To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive of. [Obs.]
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Edmond [was a] good man and doubted God. R. of Gloucester.
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I doubt some foul play. Shak.
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That I of doubted danger had no fear. Spenser.
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3. To fill with fear; to affright. [Obs.]
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The virtues of the valiant Caratach
More doubt me than all Britain. Beau. & Fl.
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Doubt, n. [OE. dute, doute, F. doute, fr. douter to doubt. See , v. i.] 1. A fluctuation of mind arising from defect of knowledge or evidence; uncertainty of judgment or mind; unsettled state of opinion concerning the reality of an event, or the truth of an assertion, etc.; hesitation.
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Doubt is the beginning and the end of our efforts to know. Sir W. Hamilton.
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Doubt, in order to be operative in requiring an acquittal, is not the want of perfect certainty (which can never exist in any question of fact) but a defect of proof preventing a reasonable assurance of quilt. Wharton.
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2. Uncertainty of condition.
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Thy life shall hang in doubt before thee. Deut. xxviii. 66.
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3. Suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread. [Obs.]
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I stand in doubt of you. Gal. iv. 20.
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Nor slack her threatful hand for danger's doubt. Spenser.
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4. Difficulty expressed or urged for solution; point unsettled; objection.
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To every doubt your answer is the same. Blackmore.
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Coloq. No doubt , undoubtedly; without doubt. -- Coloq. Out of doubt , beyond doubt. [Obs.] Spenser.

Syn. -- Uncertainty; hesitation; suspense; indecision; irresolution; distrust; suspicion; scruple; perplexity; ambiguity; skepticism.
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Doubtable (?), a. [OF. doutable, L. dubitabilis, from dubitare. Cf. .] 1. Capable of being doubted; questionable.
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2. Worthy of being feared; redoubtable. [Obs.]
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Doubtance (?), n. [OF. doutance. Cf. .] State of being in doubt; uncertainty; doubt. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Doubter (?), n. One who doubts; one whose opinion is unsettled; one who scruples.
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Doubtful (?), a. 1. Not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitating in belief; also used, metaphorically, of the body when its action is affected by such a state of mind; as, we are doubtful of a fact, or of the propriety of a measure.
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Methinks I should know you, and know this man;
Yet I am doubtful. Shak.
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With doubtful feet and wavering resolution. Milton.
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