belive
/bɪˈlaɪ̯v/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Soon, presently, before long; by and by; anon
Example Sentences
- "… 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, …""
- "So there bleveth no more, but I that am servant to the spirit, may lie down and die. In which death I glorify myself, but I am greatly troubled in my mind, that my riches which I had ordained to God be wasted and spent in foul things."
- "By that same way the direfull dames doe driue / Their mournefull charet, fild with rusty blood, / And downe to Plutoes house are come biliue [...]."
Etymology
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.
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Inflected Forms
belives (present, singular)
beliving (participle, present)
belove (past)
beliven (participle, past)
bilive (alternative)
blive (alternative)
bleve (alternative)
bileve (alternative)
bilave (alternative)
blewe (alternative)
more belive (comparative)
most belive (superlative)