Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To put out; quench; extinguish; douse.
  • noun Simplified spellings of doubt, doubtful.
  • noun An earlier spelling of doubt.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To put out.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Obsolete spelling of doubt.
  • verb transitive To put out; quench; extinguish; douse.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Middle English doute ("doubt"). More at doubt.

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

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  • Verb(with object) extinguish(a fire or light)

    Noun a cigarette end

    November 5, 2007