Dout Definition

noun

Obsolete spelling of doubt.

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verb

(dialectal or obsolete) To put out; quench; extinguish; douse.

The fire she lit was fanned rather than douted. ― Snowden.
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Origin of Dout

  • Blend of do and out, from Middle English don ut (“do out”). Compare don, doff, dup.

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  • From Middle English doute (“doubt”). More at doubt.

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