Believe

[bɪ'liːv] or [bɪ'liv]

Definition

(verb.) accept as true; take to be true; 'I believed his report'; 'We didn't believe his stories from the War'; 'She believes in spirits'.

(verb.) credit with veracity; 'You cannot believe this man'; 'Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?'.

(verb.) follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer; 'When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too'.

(verb.) be confident about something; 'I believe that he will come back from the war'.

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Definition

(n.) To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or by circumstances other than personal knowledge; to regard or accept as true; to place confidence in; to think; to consider; as, to believe a person, a statement, or a doctrine.

(v. i.) To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith.

(v. i.) To think; to suppose.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Credit, give credit to, think to be true, give faith to, put faith in, rely upon, make no doubt of, put confidence in.

v. n. [1]. Exercise faith, have faith, have a firm persuasion.[2]. Think, suppose, conceive, fancy, apprehend, imagine, hold. OPINE, be of opinion, entertain the idea, take it.

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Definition

v.t. to regard as true: to trust in.—v.i. to be firmly persuaded of anything: to exercise faith (with in on): to think or suppose.—n. Belief′ persuasion of the truth of anything: faith: the opinion or doctrine believed: intuition natural judgment (as used by some philosophers).—adjs. Belief′less; Believ′able that may be believed.—n. Believ′er one who believes: a professor of Christianity.—p.adj. Believ′ing trustful.—adv. Believ′ingly.—The Belief (arch.) the Apostles' Creed.—To make believe to pretend.

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