intransitive verb. To accept as true or real.

intransitive verb. To credit with veracity.

intransitive verb. To expect or suppose; think.

intransitive verb. To have firm faith, especially religious faith.

intransitive verb. To have faith, confidence, or trust.

intransitive verb. To have confidence in the truth or value of something.

intransitive verb. To have an opinion; think.

idiom. (believe (one's) ears) To trust what one has heard.

idiom. (believe (one's) eyes) To trust what one has seen.

To have faith or confidence.

To exercise trust or confidence; rely through faith: generally with on.

To be persuaded of the truth of anything; accept a doctrine, principle, system, etc., as true, or as an object of faith: with in: as, “I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints,” etc., Apostles' Crecd; to believe in Buddhism. See belief.

To credit upon the ground of authority, testimony, argument, or any other ground than complete demonstration; accept as true; give credence to. See belief.

To give credence to (a person making a statement, anything said, etc.).

To expect or hope with confidence; trust.

To be of opinion; think; understand: as, I believe he has left the city.

transitive verb. To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or by circumstances other than personal knowledge; to regard or accept as true; to place confidence in; to think; to consider.

intransitive verb. To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith.

intransitive verb. To think; to suppose.

intransitive verb. To believe that the qualities or effects of an action or state are beneficial: as, to believe in sea bathing, or in abstinence from alcoholic beverages.

intransitive verb. to accept implicitly as an object of religious trust or obedience; to have faith in.

verb. To think something is true without having proof or empirical evidence.

verb. To accept that someone is telling the truth.

verb. To accept as true.

verb. To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.

verb. To consider likely.

verb. follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer

verb. judge or regard; look upon; judge

verb. accept as true; take to be true

verb. be confident about something

verb. credit with veracity

"_ Yes, yes, _said the other_, I believe she is: _But I believe_, said I, _You but taak'n all this while, for no Body mun do such things."

doubt  

consider  to make believe  

belief  disbelief  

believability  believable  believe in  believe it or not  believe you me  

LGBTQ  Politics & Government  Religion & Spirituality  Science  

anticipate  credit  expect  

Eve  Kleve  Neave  Rajiv  Steve  

'will  andnever  becaus  dewy-eyed  fatalists  

accept  accept for gospel  accept implicitly  accredit  admit  

believed  believes  believing