believing
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English bilevyng, belevand, bileveand, belefand, from Old English *belēfende, ġelīfende, ġelȳfende, from Proto-Germanic *bilaubijandz, *galaubijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *bilaubijaną, *galaubijaną (“to believe”), equivalent to believe + -ing.
Verb
believing
Etymology 2
From Middle English bilevinge, belewynge, equivalent to believe + -ing.
Noun
believing (countable and uncountable, plural believings)
- The act or process of having faith, trust, or confidence in.
- Belief.
- 2004, Dermot Moran, Lester E. Embree, Phenomenology: Critical Concepts in Philosophy (volume 2, page 337)
- Some believings are believings with simple certainty; others are more or less uncertain; still others are believings with a reassured certainty, perhaps after a time during which they were uncertain.
- 2004, Dermot Moran, Lester E. Embree, Phenomenology: Critical Concepts in Philosophy (volume 2, page 337)
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