different between belave vs beleave

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English bilaven (“to wash all over”), from bi-, be- + laven (“to wash, pour water on”), equivalent to be- +? lave.

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 bel?fan (“to remain”), from Proto-Germanic *bil?ban? (“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

Related terms

• belive

English

Etymology

A merger of two Middle English verbs:

• beleven, from Old English bel?fan (“to leave, let remain”), from Proto-Germanic *bilaibijan?. Equivalent to be- +? leave.
• bliven, beliven (“to remain, stay”), from Old English bel?fan (“to remain”), from Proto-Germanic *bil?ban?. Hence belive (Etymology 1).

Verb

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

1. (obsolete, transitive) To leave behind, abandon.

   Synonyms: desert, forsake; see also Thesaurus:abandon

2. (obsolete, intransitive) To be left; to remain.

   Synonyms: continue, stay; see also Thesaurus:remain

Anagrams

• leave be

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English bileve.

Noun

beleave

1. belief

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN