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misbelieve

[mis-bi-leev]

mis·be·lieve

[mis-bi-leev] verb, -lieved, -liev·ing. Obsolete
verb (used without object)
1.
to believe wrongly; hold an erroneous belief.
verb (used with object)
2.
to disbelieve; doubt.

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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English; see mis-1, believe

mis·be·liev·er, noun
mis·be·liev·ing·ly, adverb

disbelieve, misbelieve.
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misbelieve

verb
hold a false or unorthodox belief 
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