Believed

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  • verb. Simple past tense and past participle of believe.
  • Word Usage
    "Calliaud, and by arguments and reasons by him delivered, he was persuaded to unsay his swearing, and to declare that he believed that the affidavit which he made at Patna, and while the transaction was recent or nearly recent, must be a mistake: that he _believed_ (what is amazing indeed for any belief) that not Mr. Hastings, but he himself, interpreted."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    verb-stem
    believe