[f. as prec. + -ING1.] The having faith; confidence, trust; the accepting of a statement as true.
1523. Ld. Berners, Froiss., I. cccxlvi. 548. The beleuyng thus of the french kyng vpon Clement.
1633. P. Fletcher, Purple Isl., III. xxxi. Thy little fault was but too much beleeving.
1796. Pegge, Anonym. (1809), 448. Seeing is believing: this old saying is taken to task by those who write upon Faith.
1825. Southey, Paraguay, IV. 21. How at believing aught should these delay?
