"beleave" meaning in English

See beleave in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /bɪˈliːv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bɪˈliv/ [General-American], /bi-/ [General-American], /bə-/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-believe.ogg Forms: beleaves [present, singular, third-person], beleaving [participle, present], beleft [participle, past], beleft [past]
Rhymes: -iːv 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|beleven}} Middle English beleven, {{inh|en|ang|belǣfan||to leave, let remain}} Old English belǣfan (“to leave, let remain”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*bilaibijaną}} Proto-Germanic *bilaibijaną, {{prefix|en|be|leave}} be- + leave Head templates: {{en-verb|beleaves|beleaving|beleft}} beleave (third-person singular simple present beleaves, present participle beleaving, simple past and past participle beleft)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To leave behind, abandon. Tags: obsolete, transitive Synonyms: desert, forsake, abandon
    Sense id: en-beleave-en-verb-h1OR6czt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English terms prefixed with be-, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To be left; to remain. Tags: intransitive, obsolete Synonyms: continue, stay, remain
    Sense id: en-beleave-en-verb-Eb3Vmpyt

Inflected forms

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