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believing
(encz) | believing,věřící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Believing
(gcide) | Believing \Be*liev"ing\, a.
That believes; having belief. -- Be*liev"ing*ly, adv.
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Believing
(gcide) | Believe \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.
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Our conqueror (whom I now
Of force believe almighty). --Milton.
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King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets ? --Acts
xxvi. 27.
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Often followed by a dependent clause.
I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. --Acts
viii. 37.
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Syn: See Expect.
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believing
(wn) | believing
n 1: the cognitive process that leads to convictions; "seeing is
believing" |
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believing
(encz) | believing,věřící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
disbelieving
(encz) | disbelieving, |
disbelievingly
(encz) | disbelievingly,nevěřícně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
unbelieving
(encz) | unbelieving,nevěřící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unbelievingly
(encz) | unbelievingly, adv: |
Believingly
(gcide) | Believing \Be*liev"ing\, a.
That believes; having belief. -- Be*liev"ing*ly, adv.
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Disbelieving
(gcide) | Disbelieve \Dis`be*lieve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disbelieved;
p. pr. & vb. n. Disbelieving.]
Not to believe; to refuse belief or credence to; to hold not
to be true or actual.
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Assertions for which there is abundant positive
evidence are often disbelieved, on account of what is
called their improbability or impossibility. --J. S.
Mill.
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Unbelieving
(gcide) | Unbelieving \Un`be*liev"ing\, a.
1. Not believing; incredulous; doubting; distrusting;
skeptical.
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2. Believing that the thing alleged is not true;
disbelieving; especially, believing that the Bible is not
a divine revelation, or that Christ was not a divine or a
supernatural person. "Unbelieving Jews." --Acts xiv. 2.
[1913 Webster] -- Un`be*liev"ing*ly, adv. --
Un`be*liev"ing*ness, n.
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Unbelievingly
(gcide) | Unbelieving \Un`be*liev"ing\, a.
1. Not believing; incredulous; doubting; distrusting;
skeptical.
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2. Believing that the thing alleged is not true;
disbelieving; especially, believing that the Bible is not
a divine revelation, or that Christ was not a divine or a
supernatural person. "Unbelieving Jews." --Acts xiv. 2.
[1913 Webster] -- Un`be*liev"ing*ly, adv. --
Un`be*liev"ing*ness, n.
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Unbelievingness
(gcide) | Unbelieving \Un`be*liev"ing\, a.
1. Not believing; incredulous; doubting; distrusting;
skeptical.
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2. Believing that the thing alleged is not true;
disbelieving; especially, believing that the Bible is not
a divine revelation, or that Christ was not a divine or a
supernatural person. "Unbelieving Jews." --Acts xiv. 2.
[1913 Webster] -- Un`be*liev"ing*ly, adv. --
Un`be*liev"ing*ness, n.
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believing
(wn) | believing
n 1: the cognitive process that leads to convictions; "seeing is
believing" |
believingly
(wn) | believingly
adv 1: in a credulous manner; "the children followed the teacher
credulously" [syn: credulously, believingly] [ant:
disbelievingly, incredulously, unbelievingly] |
disbelieving
(wn) | disbelieving
adj 1: denying or questioning the tenets of especially a
religion; "a skeptical approach to the nature of
miracles" [syn: disbelieving, skeptical, sceptical,
unbelieving] |
disbelievingly
(wn) | disbelievingly
adv 1: in an incredulous manner; "the woman looked up at her
incredulously" [syn: incredulously, unbelievingly,
disbelievingly] [ant: believingly, credulously] |
unbelieving
(wn) | unbelieving
adj 1: rejecting any belief in gods [syn: atheistic,
atheistical, unbelieving]
2: holding that only material phenomena can be known and
knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is
impossible [syn: nescient, unbelieving]
3: denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion;
"a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles" [syn:
disbelieving, skeptical, sceptical, unbelieving] |
unbelievingly
(wn) | unbelievingly
adv 1: in an incredulous manner; "the woman looked up at her
incredulously" [syn: incredulously, unbelievingly,
disbelievingly] [ant: believingly, credulously] |
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