2. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to disbelieve.
Ka roa e whakamanungia ana ngā kupu a te matakite, nā wai ā, ka kitea i eke tonu tāna i kī ai (PK 2008:1099). / For a long time the words of the seer were not believed and after a time it was realised that what he had predicted had taken place.