belave in All languages combined

Forms: belaves [present, singular, third-person], belaving [participle, present], belaved [participle, past], belaved [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Anomalous alteration of beleve (“to remain, be alive”) and belive (“to remain, stay”), both from Middle English beliven (“to remain”), from Old English belīfan (“to remain”), from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną (“to remain”). More at belive, leave. Etymology templates: {{m|en|beleve||to remain, be alive}} beleve (“to remain, be alive”), {{m|en|belive||to remain, stay}} belive (“to remain, stay”), {{der|en|enm|beliven||to remain}} Middle English beliven (“to remain”), {{der|en|ang|belīfan||to remain}} Old English belīfan (“to remain”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*bilībaną||to remain}} Proto-Germanic *bilībaną (“to remain”), {{l|en|belive}} belive, {{l|en|leave}} leave Head templates: {{en-verb}} belave (third-person singular simple present belaves, present participle belaving, simple past and past participle belaved)

Inflected forms

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"belave" meaning in All languages combined

Verb [English]

Verb [English]

Inflected forms