Definitions for disbelieve
ˌdɪs bɪˈlivdis·be·lieve

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. disbelieve, discreditverb

   reject as false; refuse to accept

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. disbelieveverb

   Not believe; to exercise disbelief.

2. disbelieveverb

   Actively deny a statement, opinion or perception.

   He chose to disbelieve the bad news as inconceivable.

3. Etymology: Coined circa 1640, from.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Disbelieveverb

   Not to credit; not to hold true.

   Etymology: dis and believe.

   The thinking it impossible his sins should be forgiven, though he should be truly penitent, is a sin, but rather of infidelity than despair; it being the disbelieving of an eternal truth of God’s. Henry Hammond, Pract. Catech.

   Such, who profess to disbelieve a future state, are not always equally satisfied with their own reasonings. Francis Atterbury.

   From a fondness to some vices, which the doctrine of futurity rendered uneasy, they brought themselves to doubt of religion; or, out of a vain affectation of seeing farther than other men, pretended to disbelieve it. John Rogers, Sermon 13.

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1. disbelieve

   Disbelieve is to have no faith, trust, or confidence in; reject as untrue or unreal; to not accept the truth or validity of something or someone.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Disbelieveverb

   not to believe; to refuse belief or credence to; to hold not to be true or actual

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Disbelieve

   dis-be-lēv′, v.t. to refuse belief or credit to: to deny the truth of, esp. of religious dogmas.—ns. Disbelief′; Disbeliev′er.

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How to say disbelieve in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of disbelieve in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of disbelieve in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of disbelieve in a Sentence

1. Thomas Karako:

   No reason to believe that is true, or to disbelieve it. No reason to dismiss it or to panic.

2. William James:

   As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.

3. Oscar W. Firkins:

   All men love peace in their armchairs after dinner but they disbelieve the other nations's professions, rightly measuring its sincerity by their own.

4. Saki:

   No one can be an unbeliever nowadays. The Christian Apologists have left one nothing to disbelieve.

5. Felix Cohen:

   Generally the theories we believe we call facts, and the facts we disbelieve we call theories.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=disbelieve
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Disbelieve
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=disbelieve
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disbelieve
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=disbelieve