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    be·lieve
    [bəˈlēv]
    verb
    believe (verb) · believes (third person present) · believed (past tense) · believed (past participle) · believing (present participle)
    1. accept (something) as true; feel sure of the truth of:
      "the superintendent believed Lancaster's story" · "Christians believe that Jesus rose from the dead"
      • accept the statement of (someone) as true:
        "he didn't believe her or didn't want to know"
      • have faith, especially religious faith:
        "there are those on the fringes of the Church who do not really believe"
      • (believe something of someone)
        feel sure that someone is capable of doing something:
        "I wouldn't have believed it of Lois—what an extraordinary woman!"
    2. hold (something) as an opinion; think or suppose:
      "I believe we've already met" · "the deal is believed to be worth around $15 million" · "things were not as bad as the experts believed" · "humu-humu are, I believe, shrimp fritters"
    Origin
    late Old English belȳfan, belēfan, alteration of gelēfan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch geloven and German glauben, also to lief.
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    verb
    1. accept (something) as true; feel sure of the truth of:
      trust
      accept
      give credence to
      credit
      count on
      be convinced by
      have confidence in
      consider honest
      consider truthful
      regard as true
      accept as true
      give credit to
      put confidence in
      rely on
      depend on
      Opposite:
      disbelieve
    2. hold (something) as an opinion; think or suppose:
      think
      be of the opinion that
      imagine
      feel
      hold
      maintain
      suspect
      suppose
      assume
      presume
      conjecture
      surmise
      conclude
      deduce
      understand
      take it
      gather
      fancy
      guess
      figure
      ween
      think it likely that
      have an idea that
      have a feeling
      postulate that
      theorize that
      come to the conclusion that
      be given to understand
      dare say
      Opposite:
      doubt
     
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