to believe on

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to believe on - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Believe \Be*lieve"\, v. i.
     1. To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion;
        to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise
        belief or faith.
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              Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. --Mark ix.
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              With the heart man believeth unto righteousness.
                                                    --Rom. x. 10.
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     2. To think; to suppose.
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              I will not believe so meanly of you.  --Fielding.
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     To believe in.
        (a) To believe that the subject of the thought (if a
            person or thing) exists, or (if an event) that it has
            occurred, or will occur; -- as, to believe in the
            resurrection of the dead. "She does not believe in
            Jupiter." --J. H. Newman.
        (b) To believe that the character, abilities, and purposes
            of a person are worthy of entire confidence; --
            especially that his promises are wholly trustworthy.
            "Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God,
            believe also in me." --John xiv. 1.
        (c) To believe that the qualities or effects of an action
            or state are beneficial: as, to believe in sea
            bathing, or in abstinence from alcoholic beverages.
  
     To believe on, to accept implicitly as an object of
        religious trust or obedience; to have faith in.
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