disbelieve
verb (used with object)
to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in.
had disbelieved
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past perfectof disbelieve.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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If they had disbelieved the very first word of it, or the very first sentence of it, it wouldn't have gone anywhere.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2023
There was a note in the girl's voice as if she had disbelieved in her good fortune.
From The Fortieth Door by Bradley, Mary Hastings
She, searching thus his face, had learnt already that "what she had disbelieved most proved most true."
From Browning's Heroines by Armfield, Maxwell
So noble is the tale that he convinces the judges who at first had disbelieved him; and the Pope confesses that his imprudence was a higher good than priestly prudence would have been.
From The Poetry Of Robert Browning by Brooke, Stopford A. (Stopford Augustus)
Perhaps they had believed his story, or had disbelieved it but realized that he was too closely bound to them to be dangerous.
From The Yellow Claw by Rohmer, Sax
