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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

misbelieve en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English misbelieven, misbileven, equivalent to mis- + believe. Compare earlier misbelief.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To believe incorrectly; hold to a false belief.
    • Verily, those who misbelieve and obstruct the way of God, have erred a wide error. 1960, Daud Rahbar, God of Justice, page 356:
  2. (transitive) To disbelieve; doubt.

Forms

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misbelieving Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
misbelieves Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
misbelieved Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
misbelieved Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

misbelievingly · misbeliever

Relateds

misbelief