BELIEVE
\bɪlˈiːv], \bɪlˈiːv], \b_ɪ_l_ˈiː_v]\
Definitions of BELIEVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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credit with veracity; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Inquirer?"
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follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too"
By Princeton University
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credit with veracity; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Inquirer?"
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follow a credo; have a religious faith; be a believer; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith.
By Noah Webster.
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To accept as true, without personal knowledge; place confidence in; as, to believe the Bible; expect or hope.
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To have faith; be more or less sure of the truth of anything; to think or suppose.
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Believer.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To regard as true: to trust in.
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To be firmly persuaded of anything: to exercise faith: to think or suppose.
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BELIEVINGLY.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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