beleave

Meanings

verbbeleave (third-person singular simple present beleaves, present participle beleaving, simple past and past participle beleft)

present singular third person beleaves · participle present beleaving · participle past beleft · past beleft

obsoletetransitiveTo leave behind, abandon.
Synonyms: desert, forsake, abandon, bug out, desert, forlet, forgo, forsake
intransitiveobsoleteTo be left; to remain.
Synonyms: continue, stay, abide, belive, continue, dwell, keep, linger

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo leave behind, abandon.

verbTo be left; to remain.

Also see

abandon remain

Origin

Proto-Germanic*bilaibijaną
Old Englishbelǣfan“to leave, let remain”
Middle Englishbeleven
Englishbeleave

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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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with beleave

receive believe leave steve achieve eve sleeve retrieve breathe relieve perceive Yves weave naive conceive LIV reeve deceive grieve neve kyiv cleave heave breve

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Sounds the same

believe

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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