About The Word Believe
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Believe Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Believe?
[v] accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"
[v] credit with veracity; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Inquirer?" [v] follow a credo; have a religious faith; be a believer; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too" [v] judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior" [v] be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war" Synonyms | Synonyms for Believe: conceive | consider | think Related Terms | Find terms related to Believe: accept | accept for gospel | accept implicitly | accredit | admit | allow | assume | be afraid | be certain | be pious | be religious | believe in | believe without reservation | buy | conceive | conclude | confide in | conjecture | consider | credit | daresay | deduce | deem | divine | dream | expect | fancy | fear God | feel | gather | give faith to | grant | have confidence in | have faith | have faith in | hold | hope in | imagine | infer | keep the faith | let | let be | love God | maintain | make believe | opine | place confidence in | place reliance in | prefigure | presume | presuppose | presurmise | pretend | provisionally accept | put faith in | put trust in | receive | reckon | rely on | rely upon | repose confidence in | repose in | repute | rest in | say | sense | set store by | suppose | surmise | suspect | swallow | swear by | take | take for | take for granted | take it | take on faith | take on trust | take stock in | take to be | think | trust | trust in | trust in God | trust to | understand See Also | accept | anticipate | bank | believe | believe in | buy | credit | esteem | expect | feel | gather | hold | infer | judge | look on | look upon | misbelieve | reckon | regard | regard as | rely | repute | rethink | see | swallow | swear | take to be | think of | trust | understand | view Believe In Webster's Dictionary \Be*lieve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Believed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Believing}.] [OE. bileven (with pref. be- for AS.
ge-), fr. AS. gel?fan, gel?fan; akin to D. gelooven, OHG.
gilouban, G. glauben, OS. gil?bian, Goth. galaubjan, and
Goth. liubs dear. See {Lief}, a., {Leave}, 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.
Our conqueror (whom I now Of force believe almighty).
--Milton.
King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets ? --Acts
xxvi. 27.
Often followed by a dependent clause. I believe that
Jesus Christ is the Son of God. --Acts viii.
37.
Syn: See {Expect}.
\Be*lieve"\, v. i. 1. To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith. Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. --Mark ix. 24. With the heart man believeth unto righteousness. --Rom. x. 10. 2. To think; to suppose. I will not believe so meanly of you. --Fielding. {To believe in}. (a) To believe that the subject of the thought (if a person or thing) exists, or (if an event) that it has occurred, or will occur; -- as, to believe in the resurrection of the dead. ``She does not believe in Jupiter.'' --J. H. Newman. (b) To believe that the character, abilities, and purposes of a person are worthy of entire confidence; -- especially that his promises are wholly trustworthy. ``Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.'' --John xiv. 1. (c) To believe that the qualities or effects of an action or state are beneficial: as, to believe in sea bathing, or in abstinence from alcoholic beverages. {To believe on}, to accept implicitly as an object of religious trust or obedience; to have faith in. |
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