Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Doubting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Doubt \Doubt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dou?ted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Doubting}.] [OE. duten, douten, OF. duter, doter, douter, F.
douter, fr. L. dubitare; akin to dubius doubtful. See
{Dubious}.]
1. To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as
to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to
be undecided as to the truth of the negative or the
affirmative proposition; to b e undetermined.
Even in matters divine, concerning some things, we
may lawfully doubt, and suspend our judgment.
--Hooker.
To try your love and make you doubt of mine.
--Dryden.
2. To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive. [Obs.]
Syn: To waver; vacillate; fluctuate; hesitate; demur;
scruple; question.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Doubting \Doubt"ing\, a.
That is uncertain; that distrusts or hesitates; having
doubts. -- {Doubt"ing*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
doubting
adj : marked by or given to doubt; "a skeptical attitude"; "a
skeptical listener" [syn: {questioning}, {skeptical}, {sceptical}]
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