(n.) Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, resting solely and implicitly on his authority and veracity; reliance on testimony.
(n.) The assent of the mind to the statement or proposition of another, on the ground of the manifest truth of what he utters; firm and earnest belief, on probable evidence of any kind, especially in regard to important moral truth.
(n.) The belief in the historic truthfulness of the Scripture narrative, and the supernatural origin of its teachings, sometimes called historical and speculative faith.
(n.) The belief in the facts and truth of the Scriptures, with a practical love of them; especially, that confiding and affectionate belief in the person and work of Christ, which affects the character and life, and makes a man a true Christian, -- called a practical, evangelical, or saving faith.
(n.) That which is believed on any subject, whether in science, politics, or religion; especially (Theol.), a system of religious belief of any kind; as, the Jewish or Mohammedan faith; and especially, the system of truth taught by Christ; as, the Christian faith; also, the creed or belief of a Christian society or church.
(n.) Fidelity to one's promises, or allegiance to duty, or to a person honored and beloved; loyalty.
(n.) Word or honor pledged; promise given; fidelity; as, he violated his faith.
(n.) Credibility or truth.
(interj.) By my faith; in truth; verily.
Example Sentences:
(1) These data indicate that RNA faithfully transfers "suppressive" as well as "positive" types of immune responses that have been reported previously for lymphocytes obtained directly from tumour-bearing and tumour-immune animals.
(2) They had learned through hard experience what Frederick Douglass once taught -- that freedom is not given, it must be won, through struggle and discipline, persistence and faith.
(3) Broad-based secular comprehensives that draw in families across the class, faith and ethnic spectrum, entirely free of private control, could hold a new appeal.
(4) This was faithfully reflected in the pattern of pulsatile LH discharges.
(5) The concept of a head of state as a "defender" of any sort of faith is uncomfortable in an age when religion is again acquiring a habit of militancy.
(6) Several former hostages, now safely in Europe, say he had spent the past year true to the creed of his new faith.
(7) The Rt Rev Stephen Lowe, the Bishop of Hulme, who speaks for the Anglican church on urban life and faith, is less sanguine.
(8) In such circumstances faith in the project inevitably ebbs among the faithful.
(9) Told him we'll waive VAT on #BandAid30 so every penny goes to fight Ebola November 15, 2014 Thousands of onlookers turned out to watch the arrival of artists including One Direction, Paloma Faith, Disclosure, Jessie Ware, Ellie Goulding and Clean Bandit at Sarm studios in Notting Hill, west London .
(10) He called for care for the environment to be added to the seven spiritual works of mercy outlined in the Gospel that the faithful are asked to perform throughout the pope’s year of mercy in 2016.
(11) Theresa May’s efforts as home secretary to launch the inquiry in 2014 revealed a rush to judgment and a faith that the great and the good – our own or somebody else’s – could get hold of this and control it.
(12) "He is a person of faith and he has shown his greatness in a very short time," said Diego Moreno, who had travelled with two friends from Mendoza in Argentina.
(13) | Mary Dejevsky Read more Third, if that breakthrough can be delivered with good faith on all sides, that could potentially be the basis to revive the Kerry-Lavrov ceasefire , open humanitarian channels into Aleppo, and start the process of negotiating a lasting peace.
(14) A letter from the Islamic Society of Britain and the Association of Muslim Lawyers pointed out that this group has no standing among faithful Muslims and it is certainly not a state.
(15) Then there are the divisions of ethnicity, faith and caste, the ancient social hierarchy prevalent in much of south Asia.
(16) Ultimately, like in virtually any other industry, having faith in a product or a system comes from past experiences and referrals from people you trust about what to expect.
(17) She was also a pacifist and lived her Catholic faith, no matter how difficult that made her life.
(18) Faith said: “The Tories are going to have to think very carefully about how they implement £12bn cuts.
(19) It’s no good me swearing on a Bible; I don’t share your faith.” Morrison said: “I will do it, Ray, but I think it’s a very offensive thing for you to ask me to do but I’ll do it if that’s what you require...if you insist I will.” Hadley did not persist with the demand.
(20) Cerebellar and adrenal microsomes were used in a ligand-displacement mass assay (conducted under near-physiological conditions, at pH 7.0) on extracts of cerebral-cortex slices stimulated with agonists, and both preparations faithfully detected the increases in Ins(1,3,4,5)P4 that occurred, implying that Ins(1,3,4,5)P4 is the principal ligand on these binding sites in intact cells.
Implicit
Definition:
(a.) Infolded; entangled; complicated; involved.
(a.) Tacitly comprised; fairly to be understood, though not expressed in words; implied; as, an implicit contract or agreement.
(a.) Resting on another; trusting in the word or authority of another, without doubt or reserve; unquestioning; complete; as, implicit confidence; implicit obedience.
Example Sentences:
(1) It transpired that in 65% of the analysed advertisements explicit or implicit claims were made.
(2) The coefficient of repeatability statistic appears to facilitate the assessment of pattern electroretinograms and permits the comparison of the repeatability of both implicit time and amplitude parameters irrespective of absolute values.
(3) These limitations expressly declared in the ISO 2631 guide are also implicit in the other regulations proposed.
(4) The important concept implicit in this formula is that the hemodynamic evaluation of a stenotic valve requires that the pressure gradient across that valve be examined in light of the cardiac output passing through the orifice.
(5) The interpretation of results with calcium-permeabilized cells, in general, has depended on the implicit assumption that the ionophore-induced calcium distribution among the cells is uniform.
(6) How, we might ask, can homophobic bullying be tackled when implicitly sanctioned by the school’s own literature?
(7) There is always an implicit choice in what is included and what is excluded, and this choice can become a political issue in its own right.
(8) The authors draw attention to an assumption often implicit in presentation and utilisation of attitude data, that attitudes are the cause of behaviour.
(9) The fundamental behavioural adaptations implicit in the 'Upper Palaeolithic Revolution' (possibly including language) are thought to have been responsible for this rapid dispersal of human populations over the ecologically demanding environments of last-glacial Europe.
(10) The repair of PLD was implicitly involved in the probability of the interaction of sublesions.
(11) There's something in an airport which seems to crystallise the notion of implicit catastrophe.
(12) It is further shown that a strict distinction between "implicit" and "explicit" is not possible for behavioural manifestations, but rather they constitute poles of a continuum in which all communicative modes could be incorporated.
(13) The present study examined the possibility that tasks which require memory only implicitly would be performed normally.
(14) The results support the hypotheses implicit in the scanty literature available that the frequency and effects of torture in women differ from those found in men.
(15) It is done implicitly, not explicitly,” he said, with the whole system geared to deliver “a very clear message that you should keep silent and focus on your own research”.
(16) There was no recordable rod response; however, a delay in the cone b-wave implicit time was noted.
(17) All they want, executives say, is for that implicit subsidy to be replaced by cash or other forms of support as it declines in value as we approach digital switchover.
(18) The patient demonstrated arteriolar narrowing, as well as an increased photopic b-wave implicit time, decreased scotopic b-wave amplitude, and a slightly abnormal electro-oculogram (EOG).
(19) It is implicit that overactivity or functional failure of any one or combination of the integral reflexes may cause a significant disorder of lower urinary tract function.
(20) (I leave it implicit, but that's the age the child would be when his — or her — grandmother completed two full terms in the White House.)