different between lives vs lyves

English

Pronunciation 1

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /l?vz/
• Rhymes: -?vz
• Hyphenation: lives

Verb

lives

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of live

Pronunciation 2

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /la?vz/
• Rhymes: -a?vz
• Hyphenation: lives

Noun

lives

1. plural of life

Anagrams

• Elvis, Levi's, Levis, Lévis, Viels, evils, slive, veils, vleis, vlies

Latin

Verb

l?v?s

1. second-person singular present active indicative of l?ve?

English

Noun

lyves

1. plural of lyfe

Anagrams

• Sylve, vleys

Middle English

Alternative forms

• lyues

Noun

lyves

1. life’s
   • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41

     And I seide, “Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe. And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge. And herfore grete men of kunnynge and other also drowen myche to him, and comownede ofte with him. And thei sauouriden so his loore that thei wroten it bisili and enforsiden hem to rulen hem theraftir… Maister Ion Aston taughte and wroot acordingli and ful bisili, where and whanne and to whom he myghte, and he vsid it himsilf, I gesse, right perfyghtli vnto his lyues eende. Also Filip of Repintoun whilis he was a chanoun of Leycetre, Nycol Herforde, dane Geffrey of Pikeringe, monke of Biland and a maistir dyuynyte, and Ioon Purueye, and manye other whiche weren holden rightwise men and prudent, taughten and wroten bisili this forseide lore of Wiclef, and conformeden hem therto. And with alle these men I was ofte homli and I comownede with hem long tyme and fele, and so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew. And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore whiche I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.”