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English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
Verb
beleave (third-person singular simple present beleaves, present participle beleaving, simple past and past participle beleft)
- (obsolete, transitive) To leave behind, abandon.
- Synonyms: desert, forsake; see also Thesaurus:abandon
- (obsolete, intransitive) To be left; to remain.
- Synonyms: continue, stay; see also Thesaurus:remain
Anagrams
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English bileve, from Old English lēafa, from Proto-West Germanic *laubu.
Pronunciation
Noun
beleave
- belief
References
- 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