belive
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belive¹
- /bɪˈlaɪ̯v/
- [bɪˈlaɪ̯v]
- /bəˈlaɪ̯v/
- [bəˈlaɪ̯v]
Rhymes with -aɪv
Where it comes from
From Middle English beliven, from Old English belīfan (“to remain”), from Proto-West Germanic *bilīban, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną (“to remain”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick, glue”).
Cognate with West Frisian bliuwe (“to stay”), Dutch blijven (“to remain”), German bleiben (“to remain”), Danish blive (“to be, remain”). More at leave.
verb belives · beliving · belove · beliven · bilive · blive
- To remain, stay. … God helpe me so, the best is thus to done. “Rise, let us speake of lustie life in Troy That we have lad, and forth the time drive, And eke of time coming us rejoy, That bringen shall our blisse now to blive, …"
belive²
- /bɪˈlaɪ̯v/
- [bɪˈlaɪ̯v]
- /bəˈlaɪ̯v/
- [bəˈlaɪ̯v]
Rhymes with -aɪv
Where it comes from
From Middle English bilive (“actively, vigorously, eagerly, gladly, quickly, at once”), with syncopated alternative form blive. The adverb is from a contraction of by /bi + live (dative form of lyf, "life"), literally, "by life".
adverb more belive · most belive · blive
- Quickly, forthwith. By that same way the direfull dames doe driue / Their mournefull charet, fild with rusty blood, / And downe to Plutoes house are come biliue [...].
- Soon, presently, before long; by and by; anon
