"blive" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more blive [comparative], most blive [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English blive (“actively, vigorously, eagerly, gladly, quickly, at once”), with unsyncopated alternative form bilive. The adverb is from a contraction of by/bi + live (dative form of lyf, "life"), litteraly, "by life". Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|blive||actively, vigorously, eagerly, gladly, quickly, at once}} Middle English blive (“actively, vigorously, eagerly, gladly, quickly, at once”), {{alt|enm|bilive}} bilive, {{affix|enm|by//bi|lyf|alt2=live|pos2=dative form of lyf, "life"}} by/bi + live (dative form of lyf, "life") Head templates: {{en-adv}} blive (comparative more blive, superlative most blive)
  1. (obsolete) quickly; forthwith Tags: obsolete Synonyms: belive
    Sense id: en-blive-en-adv-JYqhju~e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /blaɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blive.wav [Southern-England] Forms: blives [present, singular, third-person], bliving [participle, present], blove [past], bliven [participle, past]
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{en-verb|blives|bliving|blove|bliven}} blive (third-person singular simple present blives, present participle bliving, simple past blove, past participle bliven)
  1. (intransitive) Alternative form of belive ("to remain"). Tags: alt-of, alternative, intransitive Alternative form of: belive (extra: to remain)
    Sense id: en-blive-en-verb-pQk5KL-f
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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