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What is "beleave"

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Beleave

Beleave \Be*leave"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Beleft.] To leave or to be left. [Obs.]
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
beleave

Old English belæfan, "to cause or allow to remain behind, to leave something behind," a general Germanic compound (compare Gothic bilaibjan) from be- + Old English læfan "to leave" (see leave (v.)). In Middle English sometimes contracted to bleve. For further development, see belive.

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beleave

vb. 1 (context obsolete transitive English) To leave behind, abandon. 2 (context obsolete intransitive English) To be left; to remain.

Usage examples of "beleave".

I found but 3 fadom wafter, 60 men being upon the deck, 5 of them would not beleave that she strooke, I criinge to them to beare up and tacke to the westward: they did ther beste but the rock being sharpe the ship was presentlie full of watter.

I cannot imagine Leander Maddoxno matter how sick or injured he might beleaving Timothy behind.

And I may beleaving the city to go and visit my sister in Philadelphia.