Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
credent en · ADJ
Meanings
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(obsolete) Gullible.
Then vvay vvhat loſſe your honor may ſuſtaine / If vvith too credent eare you liſt his ſongs / Or looſe your hart, or your chaſt treaſure open / To his vnmaſtred importunity.
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], signature C3, verso:
Forms
Deriveds
miscredent · credently
Relateds
credence