- belive
- adverb Etymology: Middle English bilive vigorously, from by + live, dative of lif life Date: 1594 Scottish in due time ; by and by
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Belive — Be*live , adv. [Cf. {Live}, a.] Forthwith; speedily; quickly. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
belive — (v.) O.E. belifan remain, intransitive form of belæfan cause to remain (see BELEAVE (Cf. beleave)). A general Germanic word (Cf. Goth. beleiban, O.H.G. biliban, Ger. bleiben, Du. blijven); confused in early M.E. with beleave and merged into it,… … Etymology dictionary
belive — When it rains a little, and the shower is likely to increase, they say in Yorkshire and Derbyshire, It spits now, it will spew belive … A glossary of provincial and local words used in England
belive — /bi luyv /, adv. Scot. before long; soon. [1150 1200; ME bi live BY LIFE, i.e., with liveliness] * * * … Universalium
belive — adverb /bɪˈlʌɪv,bəˈlaɪv/ Soon, presently, before long; by and by; anon By that same way the direfull dames doe driue / Their mournefull charet, fild with rusty blood, / And downe to Plutoes house are come biliue [...] … Wiktionary
belive — I Mawdesley Glossary there it is. II North Country (Newcastle) Words anon, by and by, quickly, briskly … English dialects glossary
belive — or Blive, == quickly. RG. 50. SS. ‘bilife.’ Cf. Dan. ‘oplive,’ == to quicken, enliven, and the two senses of our Eng. ‘quick’ … Oldest English Words
belive — be·live … English syllables
belive — bə̇ˈlīv, bē adverb Etymology: Middle English bilive, from bi by + live, dative of lif life more at life 1. now Scotland : speedily, quickly 2 … Useful english dictionary
theer belive — Mawdesley Glossary there it is … English dialects glossary
