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belive

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
14
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/bɪˈlaɪ̯v/
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/bɪˈlaɪ̯v/ · [bɪˈlaɪ̯v] · /bəˈlaɪ̯v/ · [bəˈlaɪ̯v]

Definition of belive

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (dialectal, intransitive)To remain, stay.
    “… God helpe me so, the best is thus to done. “Rise, let us speake of lustie life in Troy That we have lad, and forth the time drive, And eke of time coming us rejoy, That bringen shall our blisse now to blive, …"”
    “So there bleveth no more, but I that am servant to the spirit, may lie down and die. In which death I glorify myself, but I am greatly troubled in my mind, that my riches which I had ordained to God be wasted and spent in foul things.”
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verb

  1. (dialectal, intransitive)To remain, stay.
    “… God helpe me so, the best is thus to done. “Rise, let us speake of lustie life in Troy That we have lad, and forth the time drive, And eke of time coming us rejoy, That bringen shall our blisse now to blive, …"”
    “So there bleveth no more, but I that am servant to the spirit, may lie down and die. In which death I glorify myself, but I am greatly troubled in my mind, that my riches which I had ordained to God be wasted and spent in foul things.”

adv

  1. Quickly, forthwith.
    “By that same way the direfull dames doe driue / Their mournefull charet, fild with rusty blood, / And downe to Plutoes house are come biliue [...].”
  2. (Scotland, dialectal)Soon, presently, before long; by and by; anon

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Etymology

From Middle English beliven, from Old English belīfan (“to remain”), from Proto-West Germanic *bilīban, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną (“to remain”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick, glue”). Cognate with West Frisian bliuwe (“to stay”), Dutch blijven (“to remain”), German bleiben (“to remain”), Danish blive (“to be, remain”). More at leave.

Anagrams of belive

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