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  1. 1. v. i. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. i. To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To question or hold questionable; to withhold assent to; to hesitate to believe, or to be inclined not to believe; to withhold confidence from; to distrust; as, I have heard the story, but I doubt the truth of it. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive of. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. To fill with fear; to affright. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. i. A fluctuation of mind arising from defect of knowledge or evidence; uncertainty of judgment or mind; unsettled state of opinion concerning the reality of an event, or the truth of an assertion, etc.; hesitation. Source: opted
  7. 7. v. i. Uncertainty of condition. Source: opted
  8. 8. v. i. Suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread. Source: opted
  9. 9. v. i. Difficulty expressed or urged for solution; point unsettled; objection. Source: opted
  10. 10. n. the state of being unsure of something Source: wordnet
  11. 11. n. uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something Source: wordnet
  12. 12. v. consider unlikely Source: wordnet

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