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Belive

Belive \Be*live"\, adv. [Cf. Live, a.] Forthwith; speedily; quickly. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
belive

Old English belifan "remain," intransitive form of belæfan "cause to remain" (see beleave). A general Germanic word (cognates: Gothic beleiban, Old High German biliban, German bleiben, Dutch blijven); confused in early Middle English with beleave and merged into it, which gave beleave two clashing senses ("to leave," also "to remain") which might be why the compound word, the cognate of important verbs in other Germanic languages, was abandoned in English and only leave (v.) remains.

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belive

Etymology 1 alt. 1 (context intransitive obsolete outside dialects English) To remain, stay. 2 (context intransitive obsolete outside dialects English) To abide, continue. vb. 1 (context intransitive obsolete outside dialects English) To remain, stay. 2 (context intransitive obsolete outside dialects English) To abide, continue. Etymology 2

adv. 1 (context obsolete outside Scotland English) quickly, forthwith. 2 (context dialectal , chiefly Scotland English) soon, presently, before long; by and by; anon alt. 1 (context obsolete outside Scotland English) quickly, forthwith. 2 (context dialectal , chiefly Scotland English) soon, presently, before long; by and by; anon

Usage examples of "belive".

Among antivivisectionists there are those who belive that any human being who could thus subject animals to torment would not find it impossible to deny the fact.

There you will find an iceboat to take you clear across to Tharmier country, which I belive was your original destination.

The boy sat and thought about how he wasn't so sure he belived in God anymore and how some of the songs he listened to made a lot more sense than what his parents and his teachers told him even though they weren't exactly saying Just Say No and some of the songs said Fuck in them which would freak his mom out if she knew which is why he always listened to them in his Walkman.

Roads were meant to be walked upon, houses to belived in, cattle to be driven, fields to be tilled, and men and women to be talked to.