"beleave" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /bɪˈliːv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bɪˈliv/ [General-American], /bi-/ [General-American], /bə-/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-believe.ogg [General-American] Forms: beleaves [present, singular, third-person], beleaving [participle, present], beleft [participle, past], beleft [past]
Rhymes: -iːv 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). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{m|enm|beleven}} 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, {{m|enm|bliven}} bliven, {{m|enm|beliven||to remain, stay}} beliven (“to remain, stay”), {{inh|en|ang|belīfan||to remain}} Old English belīfan (“to remain”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*bilībaną}} Proto-Germanic *bilībaną, {{m|en|belive|pos=Etymology 1}} belive (Etymology 1) 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38
  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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