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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

take on faith en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To accept something without seeing evidence supporting it, by trust or confidence.
    • Their own parents, for example, will be able to regale them with tales about how they simply took it on faith that democracy was the best possible form of government, and this blinded them from even considering the possibility that Washington was full of idiots and crooks. 2010, Mark R. Crovelli, Gathering Data while Washington Burns:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
takes on faith Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
took on faith Tense=Past lexicographic
taken on faith Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
taking on faith Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

take on trust