misbileve

Middle English

Etymology

From mys- +‎ bileve.

Noun

misbileve

1. misbelief (in all senses)
2. suspicion, mistrust
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Tale of the Chanons Yeman”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, folio lxvii, verso, column 2:

     for ye ſhal haue no myſbeleue / Ne wronge conceyte of me in your abſence / I wol not ben out of your preſence

     And yet, so that you will have no suspicions / Nor think ill of me in my absence / I will never leave your presence

Derived terms

• → English: misbelief