- (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.
- (v.i.) To have a firm persuasion, especially of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith.
- (v.i.) To think; to suppose.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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