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† misbeˈlieved, a. Obs.
[f. misbelief + -ed2; or perh. f. mis-1 2 + believed ppl. a. (cf. smooth-spoken).]
1. Holding a wrong belief or false religion; heretical; infidel, heathen.
a1225St. Marher. 1 Þe ȝet weren monie ma þen nu beon misbileuede men. 13..Guy Warw. (A.) 3397 Sarrazins þat misbileued be. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 309 Hit was þe manere of mysbeleued men [L. ethnicorum] forto kepe a dede body nyne dayes wiþ oute oignement. 1398― Barth. De P.R. xiii. ix. (Bodley MS.), Þis ryuer [Jordan]..departeþ þe contrey of riȝt beleued men fro þe contrey of mysbileued men. 1494Fabyan Chron. i. ii. 9 Diana a Goddesse of mysbyleued people.
absol.c1330Arth. & Merl. 1900 (Kölbing) Þus ended sir Fortiger, Þat misbileued. 1340Ayenb. 252 Þe bougres and þe misbylefde.
2. Unbelieving, incredulous.
c1374Chaucer Troylus iii. 838 O thou wikkid serpent Jelosye! Thow mysbylevid, envyous folye. |