beleave

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English beleven, from Old English belǣfan (to leave, let remain), from Proto-Germanic *bilaibijaną. Equivalent to be- +‎ leave. Intransitive use may be influenced by related belive (to remain), which see.

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Verb

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beleave (third-person singular simple present beleaves, present participle beleaving, simple past and past participle beleft)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To leave behind, abandon.
    Synonyms: desert, forsake; see also Thesaurus:abandon
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To be left; to remain.
    Synonyms: continue, stay; see also Thesaurus:remain

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Etymology

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From Middle English bileve, from Old English lēafa, from Proto-West Germanic *laubu.

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Noun

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beleave

  1. belief

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 25