Charles both disbelieved and exposed him, whereupon Oates carried his tale before the House of Commons.
Life after death was disbelieved or held as the existence of shades.
John Lyon, Swift's constant attendant from 1735 onwards, disbelieved the story.
The statements of Jerome have been questioned or disbelieved on the ground of their intrinsic improbability.
He frankly disbelieved in toleration; "that state," he said, "could never be in safety where there was a toleration of two religions.