"he've" meaning in English

See he've in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Contraction

Head templates: {{head|en|contraction|head=}} he've, {{en-cont}} he've
  1. (dialect) he have. Tags: contraction, dialectal
    Sense id: en-he've-en-contraction-Vs8k7ivC

Download JSON data for he've meaning in English (0.7kB)

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