meaning of believe
1. 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. To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith.
3. To think; to suppose.
4. accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didnt believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in
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Related Words
believe | believe in | believed | believer |
