Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To believe incorrectly; hold to a false belief.

    hold a false or unorthodox belief

  2. (transitive)To disbelieve; doubt.

Origin

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

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

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Forms

misbelieves, misbelieving, misbelieved, misbelieved
Base formmisbelieve · to misbelieve
3rd person singularmisbelieves
Present participlemisbelieving
Past simplemisbelieved
Past participlemisbelieved

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymisbelieve
he, she, itmisbelieves

Past simpleLesson

all personsmisbelieved

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave misbelieved
he, she, ithas misbelieved

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill misbelieve

Word family

3 related words
Relatedmisbeliefmisbeliever
Derivedmisbelievingly

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
misanthropicmisanthropymisappropriatemisbehavemiscalculatemiscalculationmiscarriagemiscellaneous
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