misbelieve

English

Etymology

From Middle English misbelieven, misbileven, equivalent to mis- +‎ believe. Compare earlier misbelief.

Verb

misbelieve (third-person singular simple present misbelieves, present participle misbelieving, simple past and past participle misbelieved)

1. (intransitive) To believe incorrectly; hold to a false belief.
2. (transitive) To disbelieve; doubt.
   • 1960, Daud Rahbar, God of Justice, page 356:

     Verily, those who misbelieve and obstruct the way of God, have erred a wide error.

Derived terms

• misbeliever

Related terms

• misbelief

References

• The West Somerset Word-book: A Glossary of Dialectal and Archaic Words,' Frederick Thomas Elworthy, Page 479