"dout" meaning in English

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      "rhymes": "-aʊt"
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  "etymology_text": "Blend of do + out, from Middle English don ut (“do out”). Compare don, doff, dup.",
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    {
      "form": "douts",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "douting",
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      "form": "douted",
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        "To put out; quench; extinguish; douse."
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        "(transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To put out; quench; extinguish; douse."
      ],
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        {
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      "form": "douting",
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      "form": "douted",
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      "word": "a cone-shaped device with a handle for extinguishing a candle and stopping the smoke"
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        "To put out; quench; extinguish; douse."
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        "(transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To put out; quench; extinguish; douse."
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  "word": "dout"
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