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Readiness of belief; a disposition to believe on slight evidence. That implict credulity is the mark of a feeble mind will not be disputed. Sir W. Hamilton.

The state or quality of being i Of every species of incredulity, religious unbelief is the most irrational. Buckminster.

Wrong credulity or belief; misbelief. Bp. Hall.

ty of sounds, of colors, or of languages. There is a close affinity between imposture and credulity. Sir G. C. Lewis.

artless tale. They were plain, artless men, without the least appearance of enthusiasm or credulity about them. Porteus. O, how unlike the complex works of man, Heaven's easy, artless, unencumbered plan! Cowper.

ertaining to him, being the subject of the jesting; to rally; as, he bantered me about my credulity. Hag-ridden by my own fancy all night, and then bantered on my haggard looks the next day. W. Irving.

With credulity.

Readiness to believe on slight evidence; credulity. Beyond all credulity is the credulousness of atheists. S. Clarke.

To deceive; to trick; to mislead by imposing on one's credulity; to gull; as, dupe one by flattery. Ne'er have I duped him with base counterfeits. Coleridge.

Indicating, or caused by, disbelief or incredulity. "An incredulous smile." Longfellow.

In an incredulous manner; with incredulity.

Incredulity.

Infantile; childish. A degree of credulity next infantine. Burke.

immense octopus. To believe all that has been said of the sea serpent or kraken, would be credulity; to reject the possibility of their existence, would be presumption. Goldsmith. Like a kraken huge and black. Longfellow.

which he pretends are infalliable remedies; a quack doctor. Such is the weakness and easy credulity of men, that a mountebank ... is preferred before an able physician. Whitlock.

To perplex the mind of; to puzzle; to impose upon the credulity of ; as, to mystify an opponent. He took undue advantage of his credulity and mystified him exceedingly. Ld. Campbell.

; management by priests to gain wealth and power by working upon the religious motives or credulity of others. It is better that men should be governed by priestcraft than by violence. Macaulay.

To doubt of; to regard with incredulity.

litude. A statute of Rumor, whispering an idiot in the ear, who was the representative of Credulity. Addison. Difficulty must cumber this doctrine which supposes that the perfections of God are the representatives to us of whatever we perceive in the creatures. Locke.

To expose; to make obnoxious or liable; as, credulity subjects a person to impositions.