he've
See also: heve
English
[edit]Contraction
[edit]he've
- (dialect) he have.
- 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd:
- "He's not at home, and won't be this side of eleven o'clock. He've been forced to go over to Yalbury since shutting out work. I shall do quite as well."
Usage notes
[edit]- Generally used in rendering dialectal speech, though possibly also applicable to the subjunctive case.