believe /bə- or bi-lēvˈ/

1. To regard as true
2. To accept as true what is said by (someone)
3. To think (followed by a noun clause)

1. To be firmly convinced
2. To have esp religious faith (in or on)
3. (with in) to consider right or good
4. To judge

believˈable adjective

believˈer noun

1. A person who believes
2. A person who is an adherent of Christianity, Islam, or any other religion

believˈing adjective

1. Trustful
2. Having belief

believˈingly adverb

believe something of someone

To think someone capable of something

be unable or hardly able to believe one's eyes or ears

To receive with incredulity what one has just seen or heard

I (don't) believe so

I (don't) think so

make believe see under make¹

would you believe it?

It seems incredible but it is true

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