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<cs><mcol><col>A son</col> (or man) <col>of Belial</col></mcol>, <cd>a worthless, wicked, or thoroughly depraved person.</cd> <i>1 Sam. ii. 12.</i></cs>

<h1>Belibel</h1> <Xpage=134>

<hw>Be*li"bel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Libel</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt> ]</ety> <def>To libel or traduce; to calumniate.</def>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Belie</h1> <Xpage=134>

<hw>Be*lie"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Belied</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Belying</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>bilien</ets>, <ets>bili<?/en</ets>, AS. <ets>bele\'a2gan</ets>; pref. <ets>be-</ets> + <ets>le\'a2gan</ets> to lie. See <er>Lie</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood.</def>

<blockquote>Their trembling hearts <b>belie</b> their boastful tongues. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To give a false representation or account of.</def>

<blockquote>Should I do so, I should <b>belie</b> my thoughts. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To tell lie about; to calumniate; to slander.</def>

<blockquote>Thou dost <b>belie</b> him, Percy, thou dost belie him. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To mimic; to counterfeit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To fill with lies.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "The breath of slander doth <i>belie</i> all corners of the world."

<i> Shak.</i>

<h1>Belief</h1> <Xpage=134>

<hw>Be*lief"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bileafe</ets>, <ets>bileve</ets>; cf. AS. <ets>gele\'a0fa</ets>. See <er>Believe</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidence; <as>as, <ex>belief</ex> of a witness; the <ex>belief</ex> of our senses.</as></def>

<blockquote><b>Belief</b> admits of all degrees, from the slightest suspicion to the fullest assurance. <i>Reid.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Theol.)</fld> <def>A persuasion of the truths of religion; faith.</def>

<blockquote>No man can attain <b>belief</b> by the bare contemplation of heaven and earth. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The thing believed; the object of belief.</def>

<blockquote>Superstitious prophecies are not only the <b>belief</b> of fools, but the talk sometimes of wise men. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A tenet, or the body of tenets, held by the advocates of any class of views; doctrine; creed.</def>

<blockquote>In the heat of persecution to which Christian <b>belief</b> was subject upon its first promulgation. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Ultimate belief</col>, <cd>a first principle incapable of proof; an intuitive truth; an intuition.</cd></cs>

<i> Sir W. Hamilton.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Credence; trust; reliance; assurance; opinion.</syn>

<h1>Beliefful</h1> <Xpage=134>