Definition of "believ" [believ]

• A simplified spelling of believe.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "For what I believ is a tax deduction and nothing more."
• "_ Nay, Madam, I have frequently told monstrous Stories, 'till I ha' believ'd 'em my self."
• "If a Scribbler cannot be easy because he fancies I have too good an Opinion of my own Productions, let him write on and mortify; I owe him not the Charity to be out of temper myself merely to keep him quiet or give him Joy: Nor, in reality, can I see why any thing misrepresented, tho 'believ'd of me by Persons to whom I am unknown, ought to give me any more Concern than what may be thought of me in Lapland: 'Tis with those with whom I am to live only, where my Character can affect me; and I will venture to say, he must find out a new way of Writing that will make me pass my Time there less agreeably."