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Beleave

//bɪˈliːv// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To leave behind, abandon. obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    To be left; to remain. intransitive, obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English beleven, from Old English belǣfan (“to leave, let remain”), from Proto-Germanic *bilaibijaną. Equivalent to be- + leave. Intransitive use may be influenced by related belive (“to remain”), which see.

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