believe (verb)
111trow — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English trēowan; akin to Old English trēowe faithful, true more at true Date: before 12th century 1. obsolete believe 2. archaic think …
112fall for — verb a) To be fooled; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick. I cant believe how many people still fall for the coin glued to the sidewalk. b) To fall in love with someone. He really fell for the attractive waitress at his favorite… …
113pierce — verb a) to puncture; to break through The diver pierced the surface of the water with scarcely a splash. b) to create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry Can you believe he pierced his tongue? …
114convince — verb /kənˈvɪns/ To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence. Syn: persuade, satisfy, assure, convert, win over …
115proselytize — verb /ˈprɒs.əl.ɪ.taɪz,ˈprɒs.əl.ə.taɪz,ˈprɑ.sə.lɪ.taɪz,ˈprɑ.sə.lə.taɪz/ a) To encourage or induce people to join a religious movement, political party, or other cause or organization. I am not sent here to proselytize. My church is not in that… …
116apprehend — verb /æ.pɹiˈhɛnd/ a) To take or seize; to take hold of. We have two hands to apprehend it. . b) Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal. This suspicion of Earl Reimund, though at first but a… …
117have it — verb a) To understand or believe Conventional wisdom has it that heat rises, but in fact heat diffuses: hot air rises. b) To have died He didnt survive the operation hes had it …
118empty out — verb To completely empty. I dont believe itll be of much use to him, any more, said he, for its full of polliwogs an fish eggs, an the water has took all the crinkle out o the straw an ruined it. I guess, Trot, that the best thing for us to do is …
119line one's pockets — verb To accumulate personal wealth, especially in an illegal or morally objectionable manner. The men who have lined their pockets with public plunder and made the Municipal Government a nest of thieves will any one in his sober senses believe… …
120buy into — verb a) believe; accept a craze or fad for valid. I dont buy into all this propaganda. b) To buy stocks or shares of (a business). We bought into a local electrical firm …
