FromMiddle English doute ( “ doubt ” ) . More atdoubt
dout
Obsolete spelling ofdoubt Misspelling ofdoubt .Blend ofdo out Middle English don ut ( “ do out ” ) . Comparedon doff dup
dout (third-person singular simple present douts present participle douting simple past and past participle douted
( transitive , dialectal or obsolete ) put out ;quench ;extinguish ;douse .1599 (date written),William Shakespeare , “The Life of Henry the Fift ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act IV, scene ii] ,page86 , column 1:Mount them, and make inciſion in their Hides, / That their hot blood mayſpin in Engliſh eyes, / Anddoubt them with ſuperfluous courage : ha. 1893 Tales of the Yorkshire Worlds , London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company,page136 :The fire she lit in every breast was fanned rather thandouted by the rumour presently puffed abroad that she was the recipient of letters addressed in a man’s handwriting.
douter Inherited fromOld Czech dúti Proto-Slavic *dǫti Doublet ofdmout
dout impf
toblow , togust Synonyms: vát foukat Conjugation ofdout infinitive dout douti active adjective dující
verbal noun dutí passive adjective —
The future tense: a combination of a future form ofbýt dout .
participles past participles passive participles singular plural singular plural masculine animate dul duli — — masculine inanimate duly — feminine dula — neuter dulo dula — —
transgressives present past masculine singular duje — feminine + neuter singular dujíc — plural dujíce —
FromOld High German *dōd (attested in inflections), northern variant oftōt Proto-Germanic *daudaz German tot Dutch dood English dead Icelandic dauður
dout (masculine douden neuter dout comparative méi doutsuperlative amdoutsten )
dead This adjective needs aninflection-table template .
