misbelieve
verb (used without object)
to believe wrongly; hold an erroneous belief.
misbeliever
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a word derived from
misbelieve.
Example Sentences
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A 'miscreant,' at the first, meant simply a misbeliever.
From On the Study of Words by Richard Chenevix Trench
I know your God can all my woes redress; To him I made my vows in my distress: And, what a misbeliever vowed this day, Though not a queen, a Christian yet shall pay.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 by Sir Walter Scott
In a letter written during the reign of Malek Shah, he suggested the idea of a crusade against the misbeliever, which later popes carried out.
From Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity by John Henry Newman
Averroes himself was accused of having been first a Mussulman, then a Christian, then a Jew, and finally a misbeliever.
From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by John William Draper
He who is suffering the penalties of the law as a heretic, or who is pursued by judicial persecution as a misbeliever, will readily consort with others reputed to cherish similar infidelities.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by John William Draper
