To believe.

transitive. To believe, give credence to (a thing, also with object clause either with or without that); to accept (an alleged fact, a statement); =…

transitive. In regard to what is present or past: To think, surmise, suppose, conceive, believe… Const. object-clause, with or without that.

transitive and intransitive. To expect; to hope; to think, suppose.

transitive. To accept (a statement or assertion) as true or trustworthy; to believe (something told to one). Chiefly in to take a person's word at…

transitive. To believe (a statement, etc.); to give credence to, accept as true or trustworthy.

transitive. To believe, trust. Obsolete.

With complement. transitive. With or without to be: to believe, consider, or suppose (someone or something) to be; to look upon as.

transitive. To give intellectual assent to, accept the truth or accuracy of (a statement, doctrine, etc.), give credence to.

transitive. To believe (a statement, story, etc.); to rely on the truthfulness or evidence of (a person, his or her senses, etc.). Formerly also †in…

To have or keep in the mind, entertain. (a belief, opinion, doctrine, etc.): To accept and entertain as true; to believe.

To believe: = trust, v. 2 (With simple object or clause.)

to give (one's) faith to (also †unto): to place trust in; to give credence to.

transitive. To consider or recognize (a person or thing) to be a specified thing, or to have a specified quality; to take as authentic, valid, or…

transitive. To accept as true or authoritative; to acknowledge as a fact; to concede. Formerly also †intransitive with of (obsolete).

transitive. To give credence to, believe.

to take a person at his (also her) word: (a) to accept the literal or apparent meaning of what has been said or stated, esp. as a basis for…

To accept as true or truthful, give credence to, believe (a person, statement, source of evidence, etc.). transitive. With simple object or object…

transitive. To give credence to, believe in, trust.

to take a person's word: (a) to trust a person's promise, esp. a promise to repay a debt for which credit has been given (obsolete); (b) to accept…

transitive. To give credit to; to believe. Also intransitive. Obsolete.

transitive (also absol.) To believe.

To take or accept as a fact, without positive knowledge or certainty; to get as an impression or idea; to believe. Chiefly with object clause.

transitive. To credit or accept (something) as the truth; to believe. Chiefly in would you Adam and Eve it?

To believe; to accept, to approve. Chiefly U.S.