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• 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Believed — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Believing — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• believe — believability, believableness, n. believable, adj. believably, adv. believer, n. believingly, adv. /bi leev /, v., believed, believing. v.i. 1. to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without… …   Universalium

• believe — be•lieve [[t]bɪˈliv[/t]] v. lieved, liev•ing. 1) to have confidence in the truth, existence, reliability, or value of something 2) to have religious faith 3) to have confidence or faith in the truth of: I can t believe that story[/ex] 4) to have… …   From formal English to slang

• believe — [bə lēv′, bēlēv′] vt. believed, believing [ME bileven < bi,BE + leven, contr. < ileven < OE geliefan < IE base * leubh , to like, desire > LOVE, LIEF, L libido] 1. to take as true, real, etc. 2. to have confidence in a statement or …   English World dictionary