beleave
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beleave
- /bɪˈliːv/
- [bɪˈlɪi̯v]
- /biˈliːv/
- [bɪi̯ˈlɪi̯v]
- /bəˈliːv/
- [bəˈlɪi̯v]
Sounds like believe · Rhymes with -iːv
Where it comes from
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.
verb beleaves · beleaving · beleft
- To leave behind, abandon.
- To be left; to remain.
