Meanings
believing1
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of believe
believing2
plural believings
- countableuncountableThe act or process of having faith, trust, or confidence in.
- countableuncountableBelief.
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.
2004, Dermot Moran, Lester E. Embree, Phenomenology: Critical Concepts in Philosophy, volume 2, page 337
Origin
believing · verb
- Old English*belēfende
- Middle Englishbilevyng
- Englishbelieving
From Middle English bilevyng, belevand, bileveand, belefand, from Old English *belēfende, ġelīfende, ġelȳfende. Equivalent to believe + -ing.
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Full word history & related roots →believing · noun
- Middle Englishbilevinge
- Englishbelieving
From Middle English bilevinge, belewynge, equivalent to believe + -ing.
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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