Weirdly, the verb "to doubt" used to be used in the opposite sense to how it is now. So, for instance, if you say "I doubt it's going to rain", that means you t

Weirdly, the verb "to doubt" used to be used in the opposite sense to how it is now. So, for instance, if you say "I doubt it's going to rain", that means you think it won't rain. But a few hundred years ago, it would have meant you think it is going to rain. (And of course if you lived in England, you'd probably have been right.)