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Webster 1828 Edition


Belave

BELA'VE

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Verb.
T.
[be and lave.] To wash. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


belave

belave

English

Verb

belave (third-person singular simple present belaves, present participle belaving, simple past and past participle belaved)

  1. (transitive) To lave or wash about; wash all over; wash.

Etymology 2

Anomalous alteration of beleve (to remain, be alive) and belive (to remain, stay), both from Middle English beliven (to remain), from Old English belīfan (to remain), from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną (to remain), from Proto-Indo-European *lip- (to stick, glue). Cognate with Dutch blijven (to remain), German bleiben (to remain). More at belive, leave.

Verb

belave (third-person singular simple present belaves, present participle belaving, simple past and past participle belaved)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) to remain, continue; to belay
  2. (archaic, intransitive) to be alive
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