disbelieve en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Mid-Atlantic, US) audio
- /dɪsbɪˈliːv/ (UK)
Etymology
Coined circa 1640, from dis- + believe. Compare misbelieve.
Meanings
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To not believe; to exercise disbelief.
And the Lisbonites did not more disbelieve in, and dream less of their coming ruin, than Cecil did his, […]
1867, Ouida [pseudonym; Maria Louise Ramé], “After a Richmond Dinner”, in Under Two Flags: A Story of the Household and the Desert. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 131:If you disbelieve such people, then keep disbelieving them for as long as you live or want.
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To actively deny (a statement, opinion or perception).
He chose to disbelieve the bad news as inconceivable.
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To cease to believe.
He never "revolted" against Christianity; only, reluctantly and gradually, disbelieved it.
1923, David Alec Wilson, Life of Carlyle, volume 1, page 79:Cook's claim was gradually disbelieved, and Cook fell into disfavor and died a pauper in 1940.
2007, Robert F. Gorman, Great Events from History: The 20th century, 1901-1940:From the moment he said "I love you" she slowly disbelieved everything he said.
1986, Dermot Healy, Fighting with Shadows, page 136:And so far as this opinion prevails, we have reason to fear that the important doctrine, of the real Divinity and even of the humanity of Christ, will be gradually disbelieved.
1802, The Connecticut Evangelical Magazine, and Religious ...:Elfrida walked slowly upstairs, reviewing what had happened and not happened in the last three, not to say six weeks, and gradually disbelieving the good case that she had made out.
1890, Edward Henage Dering, Freville Chase, volume 1, page 37:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| disbelieved | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| disbelieved | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| disbelieves | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| disbelieving | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
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Translations (19)
mi whakahori (not believe) · bg не вярвам (not believe) · got 𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (not believe) · zdj ukufuru (not believe) · ar كَذَّبَ (not believe) · ru не ве́рить (not believe) · mk не верува (not believe) · ca descreure (not believe) · fr ne pas croire (not believe) · ja 疑う (not believe) · mi whakaparau (not believe) · mi whakateka (not believe) · pt descrer (not believe) · mi whakamanu (not believe) · de ungläubig sein (not believe) · fr mécroire (not believe) · es descreer (not believe) · grc ἀπιστέω (not believe) · bg скептичен съм (not believe)