adjective
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Etymology
Origin of credent
1595–1605; < Latin crēdent- (stem of crēdēns ), present participle of crēdere to believe
Example Sentences
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To thine own self be true, they say, and I, still harping, I ask your credent ear to listen: we shall not look upon his like again?
From Voices from the Past by Paul Alexander Bartlett
Then weigh what loss your honour may sustain, If with too credent ear you list his songs.
From Hamlet by Charles John Kean
Fols. "of a credent bulk," read "so credent bulk."
From Notes and Queries, Number 181, April 16, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
Yet reason dares her—no: For my authority bears a so credent bulk, That no particular scandal once can touch But it confounds the breather.
From Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
If their heads are said to grow beneath their shoulders, still we will turn a credent ear.
From There's Pippins and Cheese to Come by Charles S. (Charles Stephen) Brooks
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