Dictionary entry

Disbelieve

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Dis′be‐lieve″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Disbelieved (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Disbelieving.] Not to believe; to refuse belief or credence to; to hold not to be true or actual.

Assertions for which there is abundant positive evidence are often disbelieved, on account of what is called their improbability or impossibility. J. S. Mill.