BELIEVE

verb (~d; believing) see: love Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to have a firm religious faith, to accept as true, genuine, or real , to have a firm conviction as to the goodness, efficacy, or ability of something , to hold an opinion ; think , transitive verb 1. to consider to be true or honest , to accept the word or evidence of , to hold as an opinion ; suppose , ~r noun