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believing

noun

  1. act of holding something to be true
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /bɪˈliː.vɪŋ/ / /bɪˈli.vɪŋ/ / /bi-/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English bilevinge, belewynge, equivalent to believe + -ing.

  1. The act or process of having faith, trust, or confidence in.
  2. 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.

  1. present participle and gerund of believe