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Capable of being believed; credible. -- Be*liev"a*ble*ness, n. -- Be*liev`a*bil"i*ty (, n.

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 b…

One who believes; one who is persuaded of the truth or reality of some doctrine, person, or thing.

That believes; having belief. -- Be*liev"ing*ly, adv.

, a. Having (such) a belly; puffed out; -- used in composition; as, pot-bellied; shad-bellied.

Having a great belly; as, a big-bellied man or flagon; advanced in pregnancy.

Having a ruptured belly. [R.]

- said of a hawk. [Obs.] Nares. He makes his stoop; but wanting breath, is forced To cancelier. Massinger.

stoop. [Obs.] The fierce and eager hawks, down thrilling from the skies, Make sundry canceliers are they the fowl can reach. Drayton.

A cavalier; a gallant; a libertine. Shak.

ffhand; frank. The plodding, persevering scupulous accuracy of the one, and the easy, cavalier, verbal fluency of the other, from a complete contrast. Hazlitt.

Somewhat like a cavalier.

The practice or principles of cavaliers. Sir. W. Scott.

In a supercilious, disdainful, or haughty manner; arroganty. Junius.

A disdanful manner.

Cavo-rilievo.

Hollow relief; sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the plain surface around.

A candlestick, lamp, stand, gas fixture, or the like, having several branches; esp., one hanging from the ceiling.

A familiar nickname or substitute for Charles.

A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. "Mount, chevaliers; to arms." Shak.