verb (v)

• accept as true; take to be true(verb.cognition)

  Example:
  I believed his report.
  We didn't believe his stories from the War.
  She believes in spirits.
  

  Antonym:
  disbelieve, discredit
  

  source: wordnet30
• judge or regard; look upon; judge(verb.cognition)

  Example:
  I believe her to be very smart.
  

  Synonym:
  conceive, consider, think
  

  source: wordnet30
• be confident about something(verb.cognition)

  Example:
  I believe that he will come back from the war.
  

  Synonym:
  trust
  

  source: wordnet30
• follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer(verb.cognition)

  Example:
  When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too.
  

  source: wordnet30
• credit with veracity(verb.cognition)

  Example:
  You cannot believe this man.
  Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or by circumstances other than personal knowledge; to regard or accept as true; to place confidence in; to think; to consider; as, to believe a person, a statement, or a doctrine.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith.(verb)

  source: webster1913