Meaning of DISBELIEVE
| Pronunciation: | | `disbi'leev
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| | Definition: | | [v] reject as false; refuse to accept |
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| | Synonyms: | | discredit |
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| | Antonyms: | | believe | | |
| | See Also: | | distrust, doubt, mistrust, reject, suspect | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dis`be*lieve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disbelieved};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Disbelieving}.]
Not to believe; to refuse belief or credence to; to hold not
to be true or actual.
Assertions for which there is abundant positive
evidence are often disbelieved, on account of what is
called their improbability or impossibility. --J. S.
Mill.
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| | Related Terms: | | be skeptical, deny, discredit, distrust, doubt, eschew, gag on, misbelieve, mistrust, negate, not accept, not admit, not believe, not buy, not fall for, not go for, not swallow, question, refuse to admit, refuse to believe, refuse to credit, reject, resist believing, scoff, scorn, scout, suspect, unbelieve |
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