Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DOUBT, v.t. [dout.]

1. To question or hold questionable; to withhold assent from; to hesitate to believe; as, I have heard the story, but I doubt the truth of it.
2. To fear; to suspect. If they turn not back perverse; / But that I doubt. – Milton.
3. To distrust; to withhold confidence from; as, to doubt our ability to execute an office. T'admire superior sense, and doubt their own. – Pope.
4. To fill with fear. [Obs.] – Beaum.