Disbelieve

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disbelieve \Dis`be*lieve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disbelieved};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Disbelieving}.]
     Not to believe; to refuse belief or credence to; to hold not
     to be true or actual.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           Assertions for which there is abundant positive
           evidence are often disbelieved, on account of what is
           called their improbability or impossibility. --J. S.
                                                    Mill.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disbelieve
       v : reject as false; refuse to accept [syn: {discredit}] [ant: {believe}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "disbelieve":
     be skeptical, deny, discredit, distrust, doubt, eschew, gag on,
     misbelieve, mistrust, negate, not accept, not admit, not believe,
     not buy, not fall for, not go for, not swallow, question,
     refuse to admit, refuse to believe, refuse to credit, reject,
     resist believing, scoff, scorn, scout, suspect, unbelieve