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disbelieve

[ dis-bi-leev ]

verb (used with object)

, dis·be·lieved, dis·be·liev·ing.
  1. to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in:

    to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.



verb (used without object)

, dis·be·lieved, dis·be·liev·ing.
  1. to refuse or reject belief; have no belief.

disbelieve

/ ˌdɪsbɪˈliːv /

verb

  1. tr to reject as false or lying; refuse to accept as true or truthful
  2. intrusually foll byin to have no faith (in)

    disbelieve in God

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌdisbeˈlieving, adjective
  • ˌdisbeˈliever, noun
  • ˌdisbeˈlievingly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • disbe·liever noun
  • disbe·lieving·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of disbelieve1

First recorded in 1635–45; dis- 1 + believe
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Example Sentences

The courts were almost twice as likely to disbelieve the mothers’ claims of abuse in those scenarios.

Here is the part most people are unaware of or disbelieve because it seems like it may be crystal healing pseudoscience.

Due out on Friday, the report’s expected assertion that no classified American programs exist to explain the observations will most likely be dismissed by those primed to disbelieve government pronouncements.

Even if we set aside these reasons to disbelieve Carlson’s theory and the fact that the government isn’t supposed to cite government agents as unindicted co-conspirators, it’s still a massive leap to assume that these people were government agents.

I was supposed to disbelieve everything the Israelis just told me.

I have looked down on dead Marines this way, trying to disbelieve them back to life.

You may disbelieve the promise, but I'm afraid you can't simply instruct the voters to agree with you.

There's another reason to disbelieve in a conspiracy: the number comes too late to do any good.

Some" may disbelieve these things, but even among conservatives, it is unlikely to be a very big "some.

We must disbelieve the alleged fact, or believe that we were mistaken in admitting the supposed law.

He must still either believe in witchcraft or disbelieve all of the Bible.

Sitting opposite to this cynical man of the world and listening to his talk, Hyacinth came himself to disbelieve in principle.

I disbelieve in this commercial selfishness emphasized in the text.

We should indeed be reduced to a most distressing dilemma, if we were to disbelieve every thing we cannot fully comprehend.

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