believe

believe has 8 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• 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.
• v. i.. To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith.
• v. i.. To think; to suppose.
• 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"
• v.. credit with veracity; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?"
• v.. follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too"
• v.. 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"
• v.. be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war"