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believe
(b/I/'l/i/v )

verb (v)

  • accept as true; take to be true(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    I believed his report.
    We didn't believe his stories from the War.
    She believes in spirits.
    source: wordnet30
  • judge or regard; look upon; judge(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    I believe her to be very smart.
    source: wordnet30
  • be confident about something(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    I believe that he will come back from the war.
    Synonym:
    trust
    source: wordnet30
  • follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too.
    source: wordnet30
  • credit with veracity(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    You cannot believe this man.
    Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?.
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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