believed

verb

Definition of believednext
past tense of believe
1
as in accepted
to regard as right or true only the most naive car buyer would have believed the salesman's claim that the dealership was actually losing money on the deal

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2
as in thought
to have as an opinion despite the horrors she witnessed and endured, Anne Frank steadfastly believed that "people are really good at heart"

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