beleave

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɪˈliːv/ (General American) IPA(key): /bɪˈliv/, /bi-/, /bə-/ Rhymes: -iːv Homophone: believe Hyphenation: be‧leave === Verb === beleave (third-person singular simple present beleaves, present participle beleaving, simple past and past participle beleft) (obsolete, transitive) To leave behind, abandon. Synonyms: desert, forsake; see also Thesaurus:abandon (obsolete, intransitive) To be left; to remain. Synonyms: continue, stay; see also Thesaurus:remain === Anagrams === leave be == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English bileave, from Old English lēafa, from Proto-West Germanic *laubu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈlɛːv/ === Noun === beleave belief === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), 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, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 25