† untrowv.
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To lack faith.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > atheism > [verb (intransitive)]
untrowc1200
atheize1678
disbelieve1834
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 197 On alle þese limpes ne untrowede neure Iob to-ȝenes ure drihten.
2. transitive. To have no belief in; to disbelieve.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > disbelieve [verb (transitive)]
mislevea1200
mistrowa1375
untrowc1380
disallowc1400
misbelievea1450
unbelieve1547
discredit1548
miscredita1555
deny1629
disbelieve1645
disesteema1676
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 400 But who shulde untrowe Petris sentence?
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 17 Wondres beþ not al to be vntrowed [L. discredenda].
a1395 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (Bodl.) ii. xxxii He seeþ it so sooþfastli þoruȝ grace Þat he may not vntrowe it.
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v.c1200- lay a person on the jack
- lay a person on the lips
- lay a scheme
- lay a ship aboard
- lay a ship on board
- lay a steep
- lay a straw
- lay a stress on
- lay a stymie
- lay a trail on
- lay a tribute on
- lay a wager
- lay a water
- lay a weapon about one
- lay a wed
- lay a-sunning
- lay aback
- lay abbot
- lay aboard
- lay about
- lay about one
- lay abroad
- lay adown
- lay all in the dirt
- lay all one's irons in the fire