belawgive

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English

Etymology

From be- +‎ lawgive, a back-formation from lawgiver.

Verb

belawgive (third-person singular simple present belawgives, present participle belawgiving, simple past belawgave, past participle belawgiven)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To give a law to.
    • 1835, John Milton, prose Works:
      [...] but the Almighty, the Holy One of Israel, whom they do not deny to have belawgiven his own sacred people with this very allowance [...]