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▪ I. unbeˈlieving, vbl. n.
[un-1 13.]
The action of not believing; disbelief; an instance of this.
a1400New Test. (Paues) Heb. iii. 19 Þei ne myȝte not entren in-to his reste for hure vnbylefynge. 1611Cotgr., Incredulité,..vnbeleeuing, lacke of beliefe. 1627R. Ashley Almansor 60 God permitteth vnbeleeuing in this world. 1883J. M. Wilson Theory Inspiration ii. 30 It is as wrong to count a man a fool for believing as for unbelieving.
▪ II. unbeˈlieving, ppl. a.
[un-1 10.]
Not giving or having belief (esp. in religious matters); incredulous; infidel.
a1400New Test. (Paues) Heb. iii. 18 To whom swor he þat þei schulden noȝt entren in-to his reste, bote to þilke þat weren vnbylefynge? 1526Tindale 1 Cor. vii. 14 For the vnbelevynge husbande is sanctifyed by the wyfe: and the vnbelevynge wyfe ys sanctifyed by the husbande. 1567Jewel Def. Apol. ii. vi. Div. 3. 141 As often as he shutteth vp the Gate of the Kingdome of Heauen against vnbeleeuing, and stubborne persons. 1613–6W. Browne Brit. Past. ii. iv, Which vnbeleeuing man, that is not mov'd To credit aught, if not by reason prov'd,..Held as most fabulous. a1656Hales Gold. Rem. i. (1673) 95 'Tis true indeed, in spight of unbeleiving miscreants, it hath pleased God..to save those that are his. 1725Pope Odyss. xiv. 431 And why, oh swain of unbelieving mind!..Doubt you my oath? 1728Eliza Heywood tr. Mme. de Gomez' Belle A. (1732) II. 270 There is nothing I would not endeavour to suffer, or perform, to keep you mine, indifferent and unbelieving as you are. 1825Scott Talism. iii, A barefooted friar would have been a better associate than the gay but unbelieving Paynim. 1864Pusey Lect. Daniel (1876) 110 It is no uncommon resource of unbelieving criticism. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 41 The age of miracles has ceased, and the world is an unbelieving world.
absol.1526Tindale Rev. xxi. 8 The fearfull and vnbelevynge, and the abhominable, and murdres. 1594Drayton Sonn. Minor Poems (1907) 7 See myracles, ye vnbeleeuing; see A dumbe-born Muse made to expresse the mind.
Hence unbeˈlievingly adv.; -beˈlievingness.
1685Baxter Paraphr. N.T. 1 Pet. ii. 7 Even they that *unbelievingly reject..the Gospel, and disobey it. a1708Beveridge Thes. Theol. (1711) I. 340 He is angry with them [sc. the wicked]..For all Actions; as done 1) From wrong Principle. 2)..Inobedientially. 3. Unbelievingly. 1850Lynch Theoph. Trinal vii. 134 Many true things we unbelievingly say.
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. 34 It is therfore no maruell if Christ alleged his miracles to confound the *vnbeleuingnesse of the Jewes. 1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 231 The fault hereof is their own un⁓beleevingnes, not the will of God. |