Meanings
verbalieve (third-person singular simple present alieves, present participle alieving, simple past and past participle alieved)
present singular third person alieves · participle present alieving · participle past alieved · past alieved
- transitivehuman sciencesTo subconsciously feel (something) to be true, even if one does not believe it; to hold an alief.
Therefore, regarding a person's moral character, it may be more important what one cares about and alieves than what one believes.
2015, Piotr Makowski, Mateusz Bonecki, Krzysztof Nowak-Posadzy, Praxiology and the Reasons for Action, page 121
Origin
From alief, by analogy with belief and believe.
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