MISBELIEVE


Meaning of MISBELIEVE in English

-ēv verb

Etymology: Middle English misbileven, misbeleven, from mis- (I) + bileven, beleven to believe — more at believe

intransitive verb

obsolete : to hold a belief or doctrine thought to be false or unorthodox

chide at him that made her misbelieve — Edmund Spenser

transitive verb

archaic : disbelieve

some people … misbelieve I was ever married — Robert Grant †1940

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