beleave

Pronunciation: /bɪˈliːv/

The English word “beleave” has 2 meanings listed here.

verb

To leave behind, abandon.
To be left; to remain.

Etymology

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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