Found 4 items, similar to Believe.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: believe
percaya
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: believe
akidah, meyakini, percaya
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: believe
believe
v 1: accept as true; take to be true;
“I believed his report”;
“We didn't believe his stories from the War”;
“She
believes in spirits” [ant:
disbelieve]
2: judge or regard; look upon; judge;
“I think he is very
smart”;
“I believe her to be very smart”;
“I think that he
is her boyfriend”;
“The racist conceives such people to be
inferior” [syn:
think,
consider,
conceive]
3: be confident about something;
“I believe that he will come
back from the war” [syn:
trust]
4: follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer;
“When you hear
his sermons, you will be able to believe, too”
5: credit with veracity;
“You cannot believe this man”;
“Should
we believe a publication like the National Inquirer?”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Believe
Believe
\Be*lieve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Believed; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Believing.] [OE. bileven (with pref. be- for AS.
ge-), fr. AS. gel?fan, gel?fan; akin to D. gelooven, OHG.
gilouban, G. glauben, OS. gil?bian, Goth. galaubjan, and
Goth. liubs dear. See
Lief, a.,
Leave, n.]
To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or
testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon
evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of
the mind, or by circumstances other than personal knowledge;
to regard or accept as true; to place confidence in; to
think; to consider; as, to believe a person, a statement, or
a doctrine.
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Our conqueror (whom I now
Of force believe almighty). --Milton.
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King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets ? --Acts
xxvi. 27.
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Often followed by a dependent clause.
I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. --Acts
viii. 37.
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Syn: See
Expect.
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Believe
\Be*lieve"\, v. i.
1. To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion;
to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise
belief or faith.
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Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. --Mark ix.
24.
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With the heart man believeth unto righteousness.
--Rom. x. 10.
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2. To think; to suppose.
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I will not believe so meanly of you. --Fielding.
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To believe in.
(a) To believe that the subject of the thought (if a
person or thing) exists, or (if an event) that it has
occurred, or will occur; -- as, to believe in the
resurrection of the dead.
“She does not believe in
Jupiter.” --J. H. Newman.
(b) To believe that the character, abilities, and purposes
of a person are worthy of entire confidence; --
especially that his promises are wholly trustworthy.
``Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God,
believe also in me.'' --John xiv. 1.
(c) To believe that the qualities or effects of an action
or state are beneficial: as, to believe in sea
bathing, or in abstinence from alcoholic beverages.
To believe on, to accept implicitly as an object of
religious trust or obedience; to have faith in.
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