he've

contraction

he have.

Meanings

contraction
  1. contractiondialectalhe have.

    "He's not at home, and won't be this side of eleven o'clock. He've been forced to go over to Yalbury since shutting out work. I shall do quite as well."

    1874, Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd
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