believe

sense 1: accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"
believe

sense 2: judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"
think believe consider conceive

sense 3: be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war"
believe trust

sense 4: follow a credo; have a religious faith; be a believer; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too"
believe

sense 5: credit with veracity; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Inquirer?"
believe