misbelieve
misbelieve verb: to believe incorrectly; hold to a false belief.
Verb
misbelieve (third-person singular simple present misbelieves, present participle misbelieving, simple past and past participle misbelieved)
- To believe incorrectly; hold to a false belief.
- Verily, those who misbelieve and obstruct the way of God, have erred a wide error.1960, Daud Rahbar, God of Justice, page 356
- To disbelieve; doubt.
misbelieve meaning in Urdu and Malayalam
misbelieve in Urdu
- غلط طور پر سمجھنا
misbelieve in Malayalam
- illusion, false belief, delusion
- അബദ്ധവിശ്വാസം, തെറ്റായ വിശ്വാസം, അന്ധവിശ്വാസം, മിഥ്യാബോധം, യുക്ത്യാഭാസം, വ്യാമോഹം
Forms of misbelieve
| third-person singular present | misbelieves |
|---|---|
| present participle | misbelieving |
| past participle | misbelieved |
| past | misbelieved |
Origin of misbelieve
From Middle English misbelieven, misbileven, equivalent to mis- + believe. Compare earlier misbelief.
Words formed from misbelieve
Questions about misbelieve
- What does misbelieve mean?
- Misbelieve means to believe incorrectly; hold to a false belief.
- What is misbelieve in Urdu?
- Misbelieve in Urdu is غلط طور پر سمجھنا. See Misbelieve meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is misbelieve?
- Misbelieve is a verb.
- What is the past tense of misbelieve?
- The past tense of misbelieve is misbelieved.
Words near misbelieve in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: misbelieve (page history and authors); misbelieve (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misbelieve (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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