he've

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English

Contraction

he've

  1. (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

  • Generally used in rendering dialectal speech, though possibly also applicable to the subjunctive case.

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