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unbelieve

unbelieve verb: to lose, abandon, or relinquish belief in; stop believing.

Verb

unbelieve (third-person singular simple present unbelieves, present participle unbelieving, simple past and past participle unbelieved)

  1. (ambitransitive) To lose, abandon, or relinquish belief in; stop believing.
    • She began to unbelieve when she was eight years old.” Unbelieve. The word brought incredible sadness to them all. Every time a child started to unbelieve, a little of the magic of Christmas was lost.2004, Treva Harte, Lani Aames, Maryjanice Davidson, Nicely Naughty

Forms of unbelieve

third-person singular presentunbelieves
present participleunbelieving
past participleunbelieved
pastunbelieved

Origin of unbelieve

From un- + believe.

Questions about unbelieve

What does unbelieve mean?
Unbelieve means to lose, abandon, or relinquish belief in; stop believing.
What part of speech is unbelieve?
Unbelieve is a verb.
What is the past tense of unbelieve?
The past tense of unbelieve is unbelieved.

Words near unbelieve in the dictionary

  1. unbelievablely
  2. unbelievableness
  3. unbelievabler
  4. unbelievablest
  5. unbelievably
  6. unbelieve
  7. unbelieveable
  8. unbelieved
  9. unbeliever
  10. unbelievers
  11. unbelieves

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