Misbelieving
//mɪsbɪˈliːvɪŋ// noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The refusal to believe something; disbelief, or an instance of this.
"I know a man of authority, brought up in letters, who confessed unto me, that he was reclaimed from out the errours of mis-beleeving by the Arguments of Sebond."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of misbelieve form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"I know a man of authority, brought up in letters, who confessed unto me, that he was reclaimed from out the errours of mis-beleeving by the Arguments of Sebond."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From misbelieve + -ing.
Etymology 2
From Middle English misbilevinge, equivalent to misbelieve + -ing.
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