单词 | misbelieve |
释义 | misbelievev. 1. a. transitive. To believe falsely or suppose erroneously that something is the case. Now rare. ΚΠ c1300 St. Sebastian (Laud) 59 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 180 Ȝe mis-bi-leuez, and men doth eov a-mis to onderstonde Þat cristine men scholden harm do. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (John xx. 8) As Mary Magdalene had told them, so they mis-believed, that it [sc. the Lord's body] was taken away to some other place. 1980 Proc. Royal Soc. 369 327 It was widely misbelieved that the total recombination coefficient a(n) could be obtained simply by the addition of aB(0) [etc.]. b. intransitive. To believe falsely; to hold an erroneous or unorthodox belief. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > error in belief or opinion > believe or opine wrongly [verb (intransitive)] dwelec900 err1303 misbelievea1400 misdeema1400 the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > hold faith [verb (intransitive)] > erroneously misbelievea1530 feign1557 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 18698 Thomas..Stonde studfaste now herfore And mis bileue [a1400 Vesp. mistru] þou no more. a1425 (a1382) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) Deut. i. 26 Mysbileuynge [v.r. vnbileueful; L. increduli] to the word of the Lord oure God. a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) f. 190 Who so euer confesse..all ye articles of our fayth, saue onely one, & in that one do mysbyleue: he is an heretyke. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. xii. sig. Mv She..Comming to her sonne, gan first to scold, And chyde at him, that made her misbelieue . View more context for this quotation 1644 J. Milton tr. M. Bucer Ivdgem. conc. Divorce 21 The holy Spirit does not make the mis-beleeving of him who departs, but the departing of him who mis-beleevs to be the just cause of freedom to the brother or sister. 1877 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 10) xl. 638 Charity failed to renovate With hope those fallen; with faith those sin-deceived; With trust in God those erst who misbelieved. 2. transitive. Not to believe; to distrust (a person); to disbelieve (a thing). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > disbelieve [verb (transitive)] mislevea1200 mistrowa1375 untrowc1380 disallowc1400 misbelievea1450 unbelieve1547 discredit1548 miscredita1555 deny1629 disbelieve1645 disesteema1676 a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1904) I. l. 1505 And Neuere j schal the Misbeleve For non Man that owht can on þe preve. a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. Prol. 216 Mysbeleif ȝe your verray broder. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme i. ix. 26 If bare possibility may at all intangle our assent..we cannot fully mis-believe the absurdest Fable. 1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. Thirty-nine Articles xv. 139 We find the same Zachary guilty of misbelieving the Message of the Angel to him. 1728 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. To Misbelieve, to distrust. 1882 G. MacDonald Castle Warlock I. xiii. 183 Glower as I wad, misbelievin' my ain e'en, open that door did. 1924 Northern Whig 5 Jan. ‘I don't misbelieve you,’ I do believe you. 1978 Contemp. Sociol. 7 394/2 Where one doubts or misbelieves a particular result, one searches for alternative explanations. 1985 Renaissance Q. 38 773 Jonson is..constantly misbelieved, simplified, or berated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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