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
He had heard of presentiments of ill under similar circumstances and had disbelieved them all, but now it was different ... he was uneasy.
From The Gay Adventure A Romance by Richard Bird
This conviction was, that Belle had disbelieved his denial of the engagement, and in her eagerness for revenge, must have told Ida the whole story.
From Colonel Quaritch, V.C. A Tale of Country Life by Henry Rider Haggard
But there was no fear in his bearing; simply the natural wonder of a man faced by a situation which, more than likely, he had disbelieved the possibility of until that moment.
From Gold Out of Celebes by Aylward Edward Dingle
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 Stopford A. (Stopford Augustus) Brooke
