Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having faith; ready or disposed to believe or to exercise faith.
- Of the number of those who are disciples.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective That believes; having belief.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
believe .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the cognitive process that leads to convictions
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Examples
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The proper object of this believing is a divine revelation.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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The day of our believing is the day of our espousals to the Lord Jesus.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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Are they justified in believing that they are writing non-fiction?
Subjective Age, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Kudos to the founders for sticking to the vision, the team for executing it so well and most importantly to their investors in believing the story.
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Mr. Walsch now says he made a mistake in believing the story was something that had actually come from his personal experience.
False Witness 2009
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It's just that, on some topics, many people are not really interested in believing the truth.
Discover Your Inner Literalist, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Alan Greenspan recently admitted that he had made a “mistake” in believing that banks, operating in their own self-interest, would never create such a poisonous economy that they would themselves collapse.
Is the AIG Bonus Scandal a Mere Distraction? : Law is Cool 2009
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Maybe I'm old-fashioned in believing that stories, even short ones, ought to have character progression.
REVIEW: 2008 Nebula Award Short Fiction Nominees [UPDATED] 2009
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Thank you Rajeev in believing and helping so many people that knocked on your door.
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The evidence you offer to show that these are not actually fallacies is the mere fact that many people persist in believing them, which is not at all contradictory to Caplan's theory.
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