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Webster 1828 Edition


Unbelieve

UNBELIE'VE

, v.t.
1.
To discredit; not to believe or trust.
2.
Not to think real or true.

Definition 2024


unbelieve

unbelieve

English

Verb

unbelieve (third-person singular simple present unbelieves, present participle unbelieving, simple past and past participle unbelieved)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To lose, give up, abandon, or relinquish belief in; stop believing.
    • 2004, Treva Harte, Lani Aames, Maryjanice Davidson, Nicely Naughty:
      She began to unbelieve when she was eight years old.” Unbelieve. The word brought incredible sadness to them all. Every time a child started to unbelieve, a little of the magic of Christmas was lost.