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BELIEVE
Definition of BELIEVE
verb
To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
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Where it comes from
From Middle English beleven, bileven, from Old English belīefan (“to believe”), from Proto-West Germanic *bilaubijan (“to believe”), equivalent to be- + leave (“to give leave or permission to, permit, allow, grant”). Cognate with Scots beleve (“to believe”), Old Frisian bilēva (“to permit”), Middle Dutch beloven (“to believe, entrust”), Middle Low German belö̂ven (“to believe”), Middle High German belouben (“to believe”). A related term in Old English was ġelīefan (“to be dear to; believe, trust”), from Proto-West Germanic *galaubijan (“to have faith, believe”), from Proto-Germanic *galaubijaną. Compare also Old English ġelēafa (“belief, faith, confidence, trust”), Old English lēof ("dear, valued, beloved, pleasant, agreeable" > English lief). Related also to North Frisian leauwjen (“to believe”), Saterland Frisian leeuwe (“to believe”), West Frisian leauwe (“to believe”), Dutch geloven (“to believe”), German Low German glöven (“to believe”), German glauben (“to believe”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (galaubjan, “to hold dear, valuable, or satisfactory, approve of, believe”). The prepositionally transitive senses with in are a semantic loan from Latin crēdō in aliquem / aliquid.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BELIEVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 113, 10 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BELIEVE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEEEILV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BELIEV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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