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allow; to reject. Such an answer as this is reprobated and disallowed of in law; I do not believe it, unless the deed appears. Ayliffe. Every scheme, every person, recommended by one of them, was reprobated by the other. Macaulay.

One who believes in reprobation. See Reprobation,2. South.

command; an essential condition; something needed or necessary; a need. One of those who believe that they can fill up every requirement contained in the rule of righteousness. J. M. Mason. God gave her the child, and gave her too an instinctive knowledge of its nature and requirements. Hawthorne.

Relation; reference; regard. They believed but one Supreme Deity, which, with respect to the various benefits men received from him, had several titles. Tillotson.

One who believes in a temporary future punishment and a final restoration of all to the favor and presence of God; a Universalist.

the temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex. That his friends should believe it, was what roiled him [Judge Jeffreys] exceedingly. R. North.

the leaves and stems of cereal and other grasses (Trichobasis Rubigo- vera), now usually believed to be a form or condition of the corn mildew (Puccinia graminis). As rust, it has solitary reddish spores; as corn mildew, the spores are double and blackish.

ed to have been sighted, but no example of one has been reliably shown to exist. They are believed by ufologists to originate in outer space, but they are generally presumed to be misinterpretations of ordinary phenomena, illusions or imaginary objects. Fraudulent photographs purporting to show flying saucers are publi…

In a scientific manner; according to the rules or principles of science. It is easier to believe than to be scientifically instructed. Locke.

A tubular structure found in Potsdam sandstone, and believed to be the fossil burrow of a marine worm.

ompany or set having a common belief or allegiance distinct from others; in religion, the believers in a particular creed, or upholders of a particular practice; especially, in modern times, a party dissenting from an established church; a denomination; in philosophy, the disciples of a particular master; a school; in…

epts only the facts and influences which are derived from the present life; also, one who believes that education and other matters of civil policy should be managed without the introduction of a religious element.

A believer in the old theory that the newly created being is formed by the admixture of the seed of the male with the supposed seed of the female.

An advocate of, or believer in, philosophical sensationalism.

A Greek version of the Old Testament; -- so called because it was believed to be the work of seventy (or rather of seventy-two) translators.

ich deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug. "A mere sham." Bp. Stillingfleet. Believe who will the solemn sham, not I. Addison.

One of an English breed of heavy draft horses believed to be descended largely from the horses used in war in the days of heavy armor. They are the largest of the British draft breeds, and have long hair on the back of the cannons and fetlocks. Brown or bay with white on the face and legs is now the commonest color.…

f which the ark, tables, altars, boards, etc., of the Jewish tabernacle were made; -- now believed to have been the wood of the Acacia Seyal, which is hard, fine grained, and yellowish brown in color.

One who believes in a sibyl or the sibylline prophecies. Cudworth.

Surely; certainly. [Obs.] Believe this as siker as your creed. Chaucer. Sicker, Willye, thou warnest well. Spenser.