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     #485.  Unbelief.  Doubt.—­ N. unbelief, disbelief, misbelief; discredit,
miscreance[obs3]; infidelity &c. (irreligion) 989[obs3]; dissent &c. 489; change of opinion &c. 484; retraction &c. 607.
     doubt &c. (uncertainty) 475; skepticism, scepticism, misgiving,
demure; distrust, mistrust, cynicism; misdoubt[obs3], suspicion, jealousy, scruple, qualm; onus probandi[Lat].
     incredibility, incredibleness; incredulity.
     [person who doubts] doubter, skeptic, cynic.; unbeliever &c. 487. 
     V. disbelieve, discredit; not believe &c. 484; misbelieve[obs3];
refuse to admit &c. (dissent) 489; refuse to believe &c. (incredulity) 487.
     doubt; be doubtful &c. (uncertain) 475; doubt the truth of; be
skeptical as to &c. adj.; diffide|; distrust, mistrust; suspect, smoke, scent, smell a rat; have doubts, harbor doubts, entertain doubts, suspicions; have one’s doubts.
     demure, stick at, pause, hesitate, scruple; stop to consider, waver.
     hang in suspense, hang in doubt.
     throw doubt upon, raise a question; bring in, call in question;
question, challenge, dispute; deny &c. 536; cavil; cause a doubt, raise a doubt, start a doubt, suggest a doubt, awake a doubt, make suspicion; ergotize[obs3].
     startle, stagger; shake one’s faith, shake one’s belief, stagger one’s
faith, stagger one’s belief. 
     Adj. unbelieving; skeptical, sceptical.
     [transitive] incredulous as to, skeptical as to; distrustful as to,
shy as to, suspicious of; doubting &c. v.
     doubtful &c. (uncertain) 475; disputable; unworthy of, undeserving of
belief &c. 484; questionable; suspect, suspicious; open to suspicion, open to doubt; staggering, hard to believe, incredible, unbelievable, not to be believed, inconceivable; impossible &c. 471.
     fallible &c. (uncertain) 475; undemonstrable; controvertible &c.
(untrue) 495. 
     Adv. cum grano salis[Latin:  with a grain of salt]; with grains of
allowance. 
     Phr. fronti nulla fides[Lat]; nimium ne crede colori [Lat][Vergil];
“timeo Danaos et dona ferentes” [Latin:  I fear the Greeks even when bearing gifts][Vergil], beware of Greeks bearing gifts; credat Judaeus Apella [Lat][Horace]; let those believe who may; ad tristem partem stenua est suspicio [Lat][Syrus].

     #486.  Credulity. —­ N. credulity, credulousness &c. adj.;
cullibility|, gullibility; gross credulity, infatuation; self delusion, self deception; superstition; one’s blind side; bigotry &c. (obstinacy) 606; hyperorthodoxy &c. 984[obs3]; misjudgment &c. 481.
     credulous person &c (dupe) 547. 
     V. be credulous &c. adj.; jurare in verba magistri[Lat]; follow
implicitly; swallow, gulp down; take on trust; take for granted, take for gospel; run away with a notion, run away with an idea; jump to a conclusion, rush to a conclusion; think the moon is made of green cheese; take for granted, grasp the shadow for the substance;