epäillä — meaning in English

English meaning

• allege verb (law) To formally state something as fact in court, especially under oath.
• doubt verb To feel uncertain about something, or to believe it is unlikely to be true.
• suspect verb To think that something is probably true, without having proof.

Senses

epäillä is used for these senses in English:

• allege (transitive) To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof.
• doubt (ambitransitive) To be undecided about; to lack confidence in; to disbelieve, to question.
• misgive (transitive, archaic) (of the mind, heart, etc.) To give fear or doubt to; to make irresolute.

allege — full definition

1. verb (law) To formally state something as fact in court, especially under oath.
2. verb To quote a writer's work as support for or against a point.
3. verb To put something forward as a reason or excuse.
4. verb To claim that something is true without offering any proof.

doubt — full definition

1. verb To feel uncertain about something, or to believe it is unlikely to be true.
2. noun A feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction about something.

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