French

Noun

doubte m, f ‎(plural doubtes)

1. Obsolete form of doute.

Verb

doubte

1. first-person singular present indicative of doubter
2. third-person singular present indicative of doubter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of doubter
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of doubter
5. second-person singular imperative of doubter

Middle French

Etymology

Old French doute, etymologically reconstructed to resemble Latin dubitō.

Noun

doubte m, f (plural doubtes)

1. doubt
   • 1572, Henri IV, Lettres Missives:

     Tressainct Pere, L’esperance que j’ay de la paternelle affection que porterés tousjours […] a tellement vaincu le doubte qu’aultrement je pouvois avoir de la juste severité de Vostre Saincteté

2. fear

Verb

doubte

1. first-person singular present indicative of doubter
2. third-person singular present indicative of doubter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of doubter
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of doubter
5. second-person singular imperative of doubter

Old French

Noun

doubte f ‎(oblique plural doubtes, nominative singular doubte, nominative plural doubtes)

1. Alternative form of doute