believeth

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A form of believe — To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).

OriginEnglish believe ← Middle English bileven ← Old English belīefan →
UncommonScrabble 17
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Meanings

verb
  1. archaicindicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of believe

    He that beleeueth on the Sonne, hath euerlaſting life: and he that beleeueth not the Sonne, ſhall not ſee life: but the wrath of God abideth on him.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 3:36, column 2

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁pi
  5. Proto-Germanic*bi
  6. Proto-Germanic*bi-
  7. Proto-West Germanic*bi-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*lewbʰ-
  9. Proto-Germanic*laubō
  10. Proto-Germanic*laubijaną
  11. Proto-West Germanic*laubijan
  12. Proto-West Germanic*bilaubijan
  13. Old Englishbelīefan
  14. Middle Englishbileven
  15. Englishbelieve
  16. Englishbelieveth

From believe + -eth.

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APA

believeth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/believeth

MLA

“believeth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/believeth. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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