believe-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: accept something as true or probable, based on evidence and reasoning.

Examples:
I believed his report.
I believe he is her boyfriend.
John doesn't believe the unidentified flying object was an alien spacecraft.
Do you believe the Red Sox can win the pennant this year?
I don't believe much of what I hear on television.

Mappings:
VerbNet: admire-31.2,consider-29.9-2
FrameNet: Awareness,Certainty
PropBank: believe.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 3, 5

Sense Number 2: accept a doctrine, not necessarily on the basis of reason or logic

Commentary: INCLUDES: BELIEVE IN

Examples:
The preacher hoped the atheists would believe.
He believed in the program.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Religious_belief
PropBank: believe.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
believe_in 1