believing
noun
- act of holding something to be true
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /bɪˈliː.vɪŋ/ / /bɪˈli.vɪŋ/ / /bi-/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English bilevinge, belewynge, equivalent to believe + -ing.
- The act or process of having faith, trust, or confidence in.
- Belief.
“Some believings are believings with simple certainty; others are more or less uncertain; still others are believings with a reassured certainty, perhaps after a time during which they were uncertain.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English bilevyng, belevand, bileveand, belefand, from Old English *belēfende, ġelīfende, ġelȳfende. Equivalent to believe + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of believe