Definition of lief

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Lief (adv.) Gladly; willingly; freely; -- now used only in the phrases, had as lief, and would as lief; as, I had, or would, as lief go as not..

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Beliefful :: Beliefful (a.) Having belief or faith.
Flat :: Flat (superl.) Wanting relief; destitute of variety; without points of prominence and striking interest.
Faith :: Faith (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..
Lief :: Lief (adv.) Willing; disposed.
Doubt :: Doubt (v. i.) To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the negative or the affirmative proposition; to b e undetermined.
Relief :: Relief (n.) Release from a post, or from the performance of duty, by the intervention of others, by discharge, or by relay; as, a relief of a sentry..
Phototype :: Phototype (n.) A plate or block with a printing surface (usually in relief) obtained from a photograph; also, any one of the many methods of processes by which such a printing surface is obtained..
Alto-rilievo :: Alto-rilievo (n.) High relief; sculptured work in which the figures project more than half their thickness; as, this figure is an alto-rilievo or in alto-rilievo..
Needful :: Needful (a.) Necessary for supply or relief; requisite.
Reliefless :: Reliefless (a.) Destitute of relief; also, remediless..
Rilievo :: Rilievo (n.) Same as Relief, n., 5..
Phlogistic :: Phlogistic (a.) Of or pertaining to phlogiston, or to belief in its existence..
Millenniarism :: Millenniarism (n.) Belief in, or expectation of, the millennium; millenarianism..
Credulity :: Credulity (n.) Readiness of belief; a disposition to believe on slight evidence.
Anaglyptography :: Anaglyptography (n.) The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc..
Incredulity :: Incredulity (n.) The state or quality of being i/credulous; a withholding or refusal of belief; skepticism; unbelief; disbelief.
Anaglyptic :: Anaglyptic (a.) Relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in low relief..
Form :: Form (n.) Mode of acting or manifestation to the senses, or the intellect; as, water assumes the form of ice or snow. In modern usage, the elements of a conception furnished by the mind's own activity, as contrasted with its object or condition, which is called the matter; subjectively, a mode of apprehension or belief conceived as dependent on the constitution of the mind; objectively, universal and necessary accompaniments or elements of every object known or thought of..
Polytheism :: Polytheism (n.) The doctrine of, or belief in, a plurality of gods..
Miscredulity :: Miscredulity (n.) Wrong credulity or belief; misbelief.
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