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A persuasion of the truths of religion; faith. No man can attain belief by the bare contemplation of heaven and earth. Hooker. 3. The thing believed; the object of belief. Superstitious prophecies are not only the belief of fools, but the talk

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A persuasion of the truths of religion; faith. No man can attain belief by the bare contemplation of heaven and earth. Hooker. 3. The thing believed; the object of belief. Superstitious prophecies are not only the belief of fools, but the talk sometimes of wise men. Bacon. 4. A tenet, or the body of tenets, held by the advocates of any class of views; doctrine; creed. In the heat of persecution to which Christian belief was subject upon its first promulgation. Hooker. Ultimate belief, a first principle incapable of proof; an intuitive truth; an intuition. Sir W. Hamilton. Syn. -- Credence; trust; reliance; assurance; opinion. (more info) 1. 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, belief of a witness; the belief of our senses. Belief admits of all degrees, from the slightest suspicion to the fullest assurance. Reid.

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    White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion. Thou cream-faced loon. Shak.
  • CONFESSION
    The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution. Auricular confession . . . or the private and special confession of sins to a priest for the purpose of obtaining his absolution. Hallam. 4. A formulary
  • CREMASTERIC
    Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery.
  • CREBRICOSTATE
    Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.
  • DOGMATIC
    One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the Empiric.
  • TEACHER
    1. One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; an instructor; a tutor. 2. One who instructs others in religion; a preacher; a minister of the gospel; sometimes, one who preaches without regular ordination.
  • CREDIBLY
    In a manner inducing belief; as, I have been credibly informed of the event.
  • CONFIDENCE
    1. The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in. Society is built upon trust, and trust upon confidence of one another's integrity. South. A cheerful confidence in
  • TRUSTEE
    A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects
  • CREEP
    to D. kruipen, G. kriechen, Icel. krjupa, Sw. krypa, Dan. krybe. Cf. 1. To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl. Ye that walk The earth, and stately
  • TEACHABLENESS
    Willingness to be taught.
  • CRESYLIC
    Pertaining to, or derived from, cresol, creosote, etc. Cresylic acid. See Cresol.
  • CREATURELY
    Creatural; characteristic of a creature. "Creaturely faculties." Cheyne.
  • TRUSTY
    1. Admitting of being safely trusted; justly deserving confidence; fit to be confided in; trustworthy; reliable. Your trusty and most valiant servitor. Shak. 2. Hence, not liable to fail; strong; firm. His trusty sword he called to his
  • CREATIONAL
    Of or pertaining to creation.
  • CREMOR
    Cream; a substance resembling cream; yeast; scum.
  • HONORABLE
    1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
  • CRENELATION
    The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure.
  • PRAISEWORTHINESS
    The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
  • CREATION
    1. The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence. From the creation to the general doom. Shak. As when a new particle of matter dotn begin to exist, in rerum natura, which had
  • UNCREATED
    1. Deprived of existence; annihilated. Beau. & Fl. 2. Not yet created; as, misery uncreated. Milton. 3. Not existing by creation; self-existent; eternal; as, God is an uncreated being. Locke.
  • UNDERSECRETARY
    A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.
  • APPRAISER
    One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
  • INCREPATION
    A chiding; rebuke; reproof. Hammond.
  • REINCREASE
    To increase again.
  • INCREMABLE
    Incapable of being burnt; incombustibe. Sir T. Browne.
  • DECRESCENDO
    With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff , or indicated by the sign.
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    In a concrete manner.
  • PANCREATIN
    One of the digestive ferments of the pancreatic juice; also, a preparation containing such a ferment, made from the pancreas of animals, and used in medicine as an aid to digestion. Note: By some the term pancreatin is restricted to the amylolytic
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    In an incredulous manner; with incredulity.
  • SELF-TRUST
    Faith in one's self; self-reliance.

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