What does "blive" mean?

Alternative form of belive ("to remain").

What is a synonym for "blive"?

Common synonyms include: abide, beleave, inhabit, remain, reside.

Blive

//blaɪv// adv, verb

adv, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1
Alternative form of belive ("to remain"). alt-of, alternative, intransitive

Adverb

1
quickly; forthwith obsolete
"“Perdy, ſir knight,” ſaide then th’ enchaunter blive […]"

Synonyms

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abide beleave inhabit remain reside

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"“Perdy, ſir knight,” ſaide then th’ enchaunter blive […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology 2

From Middle English blive (“actively, vigorously, eagerly, gladly, quickly, at once”), with unsyncopated alternative form bilive. The adverb is from a contraction of by /bi + live (dative form of lyf, "life"), literally, "by life".

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