belove
/bɪˈloʊv/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Example Sentences
- "Dearly beloved in the Lord, ye coming to his holy Communion, must consider what St. Paul writeth to the Corinthians, how he exhorteth all persons diligently to try and examine themselves, or ever they presume to eat of this bread, and drink of this Cup: […]"
- "He [William Russell, Lord Russell] was a man of great candour and of a general reputation, univerſally beloved and truſted; of a generous and obliging temper."
- "[B]eing a plain and honeſt-minded man, […] he [Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox] loſt the favour of the French king in a ſhort time; and, when he could neither continue at home, nor return into France, he came into England, and ſubmitted himſelf to Henry VIII, who accepted him as a man well-beloved in the weſt borders, and acknowledged him as next heir to the crown of Scotland, after Mary then an infant, […]"
Etymology
From Middle English belove, from Old English belāf, first and third person singular past indicative of belīfan (“to remain”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /bɪˈloʊv/
- British English: /bɪˈləʊv/