"misbelieve" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: misbelieves [present, singular, third-person], misbelieving [participle, present], misbelieved [participle, past], misbelieved [past]
Etymology: From Middle English misbelieven, misbileven, equivalent to mis- + believe. Compare earlier misbelief. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|misbelieven}} Middle English misbelieven, {{prefix|en|mis|believe}} mis- + believe Head templates: {{en-verb}} misbelieve (third-person singular simple present misbelieves, present participle misbelieving, simple past and past participle misbelieved)
  1. (intransitive) To believe incorrectly; hold to a false belief. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-misbelieve-en-verb-AAsm6UXq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54
  2. (transitive) To disbelieve; doubt. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-misbelieve-en-verb-GS0uBM5o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: misbeliever Related terms: misbelief

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive) To believe incorrectly; hold to a false belief."
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