| Definitions of 'believe' |
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1. (verb) believe
accept as true; take to be true
"I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"
2. (verb) think, believe, consider, conceive
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"
3. (verb) believe, trust
be confident about something
"I believe that he will come back from the war"
4. (verb) believe
follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer
"When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too"
5. (verb) believe
credit with veracity
"You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?"
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| Definitions of 'believe' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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1. (noun) believe
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
2. (verb) believe
to have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith
3. (verb) believe
to think; to suppose
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