beleave
English
Etymology
A merger of two Middle English verbs:
- beleven, from Old English belǣfan (“to leave, let remain”), from Proto-Germanic *bilaibijaną. Equivalent to be- + leave.
- bliven, beliven (“to remain, stay”), from Old English belīfan (“to remain”), from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną. Hence belive (Etymology 1).
Verb
beleave (third-person singular simple present beleaves, present participle beleaving, simple past and past participle beleft)
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