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1Disbelieve — Dis be*lieve , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disbelieved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disbelieving}.] Not to believe; to refuse belief or credence to; to hold not to be true or actual. [1913 Webster] Assertions for which there is abundant positive evidence are… …
2disbelieve — I verb be doubtful, be incredulous, be skeptical, be unconvinced, challenge, consider implausible, consider not to be true, consider unproven, consider untrue, discredit, dispute, distrust, doubt, give no credence to, give no credit to, harbor… …
3disbelieve — (v.) 1640s; see DIS (Cf. dis ) + BELIEVE (Cf. believe). Related: Disbelieved; disbelieving; disbeliever …
4disbelieve — [v] doubt discount, discredit, distrust, eschew, give no credence to, mistrust, not accept, not buy, not credit, not swallow*, question, reject, repudiate, scoff at, scorn, scout, suspect, unbelieve; concept 21 Ant. believe, trust …
5disbelieve — ► VERB 1) be unable to believe. 2) have no religious faith. DERIVATIVES disbeliever noun …
6disbelieve — [dis΄bə lēv′, dis′bə lēv′] vt. disbelieved, disbelieving to refuse to believe; reject as untrue vi. to refuse to believe (in) disbeliever n …
7disbelieve — [[t]dɪ̱sbɪli͟ːv[/t]] disbelieves, disbelieving, disbelieved 1) VERB If you disbelieve someone or disbelieve something that they say, you do not believe that what they say is true. [V n] There is no reason to disbelieve him... [V n] He had never… …
8disbelieve — /dɪsbəˈliv / (say disbuh leev) verb (t) (disbelieved, disbelieving) 1. to reject as false: I disbelieve your statement. –phrase 2. disbelieve in, to have no faith in: I disbelieve in ready made solutions. –disbelieving, adjective –disbelievingly …
9disbelieve — UK [ˌdɪsbɪˈliːv] / US [ˌdɪsbɪˈlɪv] verb [transitive] Word forms disbelieve : present tense I/you/we/they disbelieve he/she/it disbelieves present participle disbelieving past tense disbelieved past participle disbelieved to not believe someone or …
10disbelieve — disbeliever, n. disbelievingly, adv. /dis bi leev /, v., disbelieved, disbelieving. v.t. 1. to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings. v.i. 2. to refuse or reject belief; have no belief. [1635 45;… …
