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Belave

verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To lave or wash about; wash all over; wash. transitive
  2. 2
    to remain, continue; to belay archaic, intransitive
  3. 3
    to be alive archaic, intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English bilaven (“to wash all over”), from bi-, be- + laven (“to wash, pour water on”), equivalent to be- + lave.

Etymology 2

Anomalous alteration of beleve (“to remain, be alive”) and belive (“to remain, stay”), both from Middle English beliven (“to remain”), from Old English belīfan (“to remain”), from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną (“to remain”). More at belive, leave.

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