believing
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English bilevyng, belevand, bileveand, belefand, from Old English *belēfende, ġelīfende, ġelȳfende. Equivalent to believe + -ing.
Verb edit
believing
- present participle and gerund of believe
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English bilevinge, belewynge, equivalent to believe + -ing.
Noun edit
believing (countable and uncountable, plural believings)
- The act or process of having faith, trust, or confidence in.
- Belief.
- 2004, Dermot Moran, Lester E. Embree, Phenomenology: Critical Concepts in Philosophy, volume 2, page 337:
- Some believings are believings with simple certainty; others are more or less uncertain; still others are believings with a reassured certainty, perhaps after a time during which they were uncertain.