What is the meaning of believing?

noun

• The cognitive process that leads to convictions.
  • usage: "seeing is believing"

verb

• Accept as true; take to be true.
  • usage: "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"
  • synonyms: believe
• Judge or regard; look upon; judge.
  • usage: "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"
  • synonyms: think, believe, consider, conceive
• Be confident about something.
  • usage: "I believe that he will come back from the war"
  • synonyms: believe, trust
• Follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer.
  • usage: "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too"
  • synonyms: believe
• Credit with veracity.
  • usage: "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer"
  • synonyms: believe