bedoubt

English

Alternative forms

bedoute

Etymology

From be- +‎ doubt.

Verb

bedoubt (third-person singular simple present bedoubts, present participle bedoubting, simple past and past participle bedoubted)

(transitive, obsolete) To dread; respect; renown.
- 1470, Hardyng, Chronicle:
  Above all men he was there moste bedoute.