Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Doubt (-s)
doubt (-s), n. [ME < OFr dute, doubt.] (webplay: apprehension, believe, eye, fear, knowledge, life, measure, mind, sense, scrupled, superior, uncertainty).
- Uncertainty; fear; scruple; suspicion; hesitancy to believe; fluctuation of mind arising from lack of knowledge or proof; (see Genesis 37:33).
- Chance; possibility of disappointment; (see Deuteronomy 28:66).
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