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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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
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
Yet reason dares her no; For my authority bears of a credent bulk, IV.
From Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by John Glover
"For my authority bears such a credent bulk," &c.
From Notes and Queries, Number 181, April 16, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
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