bedoubt

To dread; respect; renown.

Verb

  1. To dread; respect; renown.
    • Above all men he was there moste bedoute. - 1470, Hardyng, Chronicle:

Origin

From be- + doubt.

Forms

bedoubts bedoubting bedoubted bedoute

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