Beleaveverb
To leave behind, abandon.
Believeverb
(transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing)
âIf you believe the numbers, you'll agree we need change.â; âI believe there are faeries.â;
Beleaveverb
To be left; to remain.
Believeverb
(transitive) To accept that someone is telling the truth.
âWhy did I ever believe you?â;
Beleaveverb
To leave or to be left.
Believeverb
(intransitive) To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.
âAfter that night in the church, I believed.â;
Believeverb
To consider likely
Believeverb
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.
âOur conqueror (whom I nowOf force believe almighty).â; âKing Agrippa, believest thou the prophets ?â; âOften followed by a dependent clause.I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.â;
Believeverb
To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith.
âLord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.â; âWith the heart man believeth unto righteousness.â;
Believeverb
To think; to suppose.
âI will not believe so meanly of you.â;
Believeverb
accept as true; take to be true;
âI believed his reportâ; âWe didn't believe his stories from the Warâ; âShe believes in spiritsâ;
Believeverb
judge or regard; look upon; judge;
âI think he is very smartâ; âI believe her to be very smartâ; âI think that he is her boyfriendâ; âThe racist conceives such people to be inferiorâ;
Believeverb
be confident about something;
âI believe that he will come back from the warâ;
Believeverb
follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer;
âWhen you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, tooâ;
Believeverb
credit with veracity;
âYou cannot believe this manâ; âShould we believe a publication like the National Inquirer?â;
Believeverb
accept that (something) is true, especially without proof
âthe superintendent believed Lancaster's storyâ; âsome 23 per cent believe that smoking keeps down weightâ;
Believeverb
accept the statement of (someone) as true
âhe didn't believe herâ;
Believeverb
have religious faith
âthere are those on the fringes of the Church who do not really believeâ;
Believeverb
feel sure that (someone) is capable of doing something
âI wouldn't have believed it of Laviniaâwhat an extraordinary woman!â;
Believeverb
hold (something) as an opinion; think
âI believe we've already metâ; âfour men were believed to be trappedâ;