веровать

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic вѣровати (věrovati). By surface analysis, вера (vera) +‎ -овать (-ovatʹ).

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Verb

ве́ровать (vérovatʹimpf

  1. (literary) to believe (in, especially to believe in God)
    Synonym: ве́рить (véritʹ)
    • 2014 [1841], Михаил Юрьевич Лермонтов, “Демон”, in Собрание сочинений в четырех томах. Том второй: Поэмы 1828–1841, Санкт-Петербург: Пушкинский Дом, page 414:
      Хочу я с небом примириться,
      Хочу любить, хочу молиться,
      Хочу я веровать добру.
      Hoču ja s nebom primiritsja,
      Hoču ljubit', hoču molit'sja,
      Hoču ja verovat' dobru.
      I want to make peace with the heaven,
      I want to love, I want to pray,
      I want to believe in goodness.

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