believe : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: believe	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for believe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
believe v accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits" Antonym(s): disbelieve, discredit judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior" Synonym(s): think, believe, consider, conceive be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war" Synonym(s): believe, trust follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too" credit with veracity; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Believe \Believe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Believed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Believing}.] [OE. bileven (with pref. be- for AS. ge-), fr. AS. gel[?]fan, gel[?]fan; akin to D. gelooven, OHG. gilouban, G. glauben, OS. gil[?]bian, Goth. galaubjan, and Goth. liubs dear. See {Lief}, a., {Leave}, n.] 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; as, to believe* a person, a statement, or a doctrine. Our conqueror (whom I now Of force believe almighty). --Milton. King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets ? --Acts xxvi. 27. Often followed by a dependent clause. I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. --Acts viii. 37. Syn: See {Expect}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Believe \Believe"\, v. i. 1. To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith. Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. --Mark ix. 24. With the heart man believeth unto righteousness. --Rom. x. 10. 2. To think; to suppose. I will not believe* so meanly of you. --Fielding. {To believe in}. (a) To believe that the subject of the thought (if a person or thing) exists, or (if an event) that it has occurred, or will occur; -- as, to believe in the resurrection of the dead. [bd]She does not believe in Jupiter.[b8] --J. H. Newman. (b) To believe that the character, abilities, and purposes of a person are worthy of entire confidence; -- especially that his promises are wholly trustworthy. [bd]Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.[b8] --John xiv. 1. (c) 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. {To believe on}, to accept implicitly as an object of religious trust or obedience; to have faith in.