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blive¹

  • /blaɪv/

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verb blives · bliving · blove · bliven

  1. alternative, intransitive Alternative form of belive ("to remain").

blive²

Where it comes from

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"), literally, "by life".

adverb more blive · most blive · belive

  1. obsolete quickly; forthwith “Perdy, ſir knight,” ſaide then th’ enchaunter blive […]

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@misc{blive_2026,
  title = {blive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}