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belive.

To remain, stay.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/bɪˈlaɪ̯v/[bɪˈlaɪ̯v]/bəˈlaɪ̯v/[bəˈlaɪ̯v]
  1. To remain, stay.

    dialectal · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English beliven, from Old English belīfan (“to remain”), from Proto-West Germanic *bilīban, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną (“to remain”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick, glue”). Cognate with West Frisian bliuwe (“to stay”), Dutch blijven (“to remain”), German bleiben (“to remain”), Danish blive (“to be, remain”). More at leave.

adv/bɪˈlaɪ̯v/[bɪˈlaɪ̯v]/bəˈlaɪ̯v/[bəˈlaɪ̯v]
  1. Quickly, forthwith.

  2. Soon, presently, before long; by and by; anon

    Scotland · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English bilive (“actively, vigorously, eagerly, gladly, quickly, at once”), with syncopated alternative form blive. The adverb is from a contraction of by /bi + live (dative form of lyf, "life"), literally, "by life".

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