misbelieve
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English misbelieven, misbileven, equivalent to mis- + believe. Compare earlier misbelief.
Verb[edit]
misbelieve (third-person singular simple present misbelieves, present participle misbelieving, simple past and past participle misbelieved)
- (intransitive) To believe incorrectly; hold to a false belief.
- (transitive) To disbelieve; doubt.
- 1960, Daud Rahbar, God of Justice, page 356:
- Verily, those who misbelieve and obstruct the way of God, have erred a wide error.
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References[edit]
- The West Somerset Word-book: A Glossary of Dialectal and Archaic Words,' Frederick Thomas Elworthy, Page 479