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believe
A	verb
	1	believe
			accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚judge ╚accept ╚believe ╚believe in ╚trust; swear; rely; bank ╚believe ╚buy ╚swallow ╚understand; infer
	2	believe
			credit with veracity; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Inquirer?"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚judge ╚accept ╚believe ╚trust; swear; rely; bank ╚credit ╚believe
	3	believe
			follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚judge ╚accept ╚believe ╚believe ╚misbelieve
	4	think, believe, consider, conceive
			judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚judge ╚think, believe, consider, conceive ╚see; consider; reckon; view; regard ╚feel ╚think of; repute; regard as; look upon; look on; esteem; take to be ╚think ╚rethink ╚hold
	5	believe, trust
			be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚judge ╚expect; anticipate ╚believe, trust