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2. Edmond [was a] good man and doubted God.R. of Gloucester. I doubt some foul play.Shak. That I of doubted danger had no fear.Spenser. The virtues of the valiant CaratachBeau. & Fl. Doubt Doubt is the beginning and the end of our efforts to know.Sir W. Hamilton. 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. Thy life shall hang in doubt before thee.Deut. xxviii. 66. I stand in doubt of you.Gal. iv. 20. Nor slack her threatful hand for danger's doubt.Spenser. To every doubt your answer is the same.Blackmore. Syn. Uncertainty; hesitation; suspense; indecision; irresolution; distrust; suspicion; scruple; perplexity; ambiguity; skepticism. Doubtable Doubtance Doubter |
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