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▪ I. beˈlieving, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The having faith; confidence, trust; the accepting of a statement as true.
1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. cccxlvi. 548 The beleuyng thus of the frenche kyng vpon Clement. 1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. iii. xxxi, Thy little fault was but too much beleeving. 1796Pegge Anonym. (1809) 448 Seeing is believing: this old saying is taken to task by those who write upon Faith. 1825Southey Paraguay iv. 21 How at believing aught should these delay?
▪ II. beˈlieving, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That believes, or has faith.
c1440Three Kings Col. (1885) 2 Þes iii kynges, þat of myscreauntys were þe first bileuyng men. 1593Shakes. 2 Hen. VI, ii. i. 66 God be prays'd, that to beleeuing Soules Giues Light in Darknesse. 1762Goldsm. Nash 76 Poor, believing girls deceived by such professions. 1875M. Pattison Casaubon 252 A scandal and stumbling-block to believing calvinists. |