Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb Archaic To hold a false or erroneous belief or opinion, especially in religious matters.
- intransitive verb Archaic To believe falsely or erroneously in (a doctrine or opinion, for example).
- intransitive verb To refuse to believe; disbelieve.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To believe erroneously.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To believe erroneously, or in a false religion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To believe
erroneously .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb hold a false or unorthodox belief
Etymologies
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Examples
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A spiritual life endures even when I doubt, misbelieve, or refuse to believe.
Jon M. Sweeney: Doubt Is The Faith That Binds Us Together Jon M. Sweeney 2011
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Help and Victory for us and shame and defeat for those who misbelieve the faith of Abraham the Friend, on whom be peace! —
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It is easy to misbelieve that the problem has been sorted, when along comes a paper saying that strontium affects the instrument too, but nobody had suspected it.
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Ahh, yes…I misbelieve the misinformation being mispoken in order to misconstrue the misbehavior of these mis..erable miscreants.
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Dear, dear sweetheart, I have been thinking & examining, & searching & analyzing, for many days, & am vexed to find that I more believe in the immortality of the soul than misbelieve in it.53
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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Dear, dear sweetheart, I have been thinking & examining, & searching & analyzing, for many days, & am vexed to find that I more believe in the immortality of the soul than misbelieve in it.53
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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But as for those who misbelieve—confound them! and He will make their works go wrong.
The Early Middle Ages 500-1000 Robert Brentano 1964
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Verily, God causes those who believe and do right to enter into gardens beneath which rivers flow; but those who misbelieve enjoy themselves and eat as the cattle eat; but the fire is the resort for them!
The Early Middle Ages 500-1000 Robert Brentano 1964
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That is because those who misbelieve follow falsehood, and those who believe follow the truth from their Lord.
The Early Middle Ages 500-1000 Robert Brentano 1964
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And when ye meet those who misbelieve—then striking off heads until ye have massacred them, and bind fast the bonds!
The Early Middle Ages 500-1000 Robert Brentano 1964
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