Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To leave behind; abandon; let go.
  • To remain; continue; stay.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • verb obsolete To leave or to be left.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete, transitive To leave behind, abandon.
  • verb obsolete, intransitive To be left; to remain.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Middle English beleven, from Old English belǣfan ("to leave, let remain"), corresponding to be- +‎ leave. Merged with Middle English bliven, beliven ("to remain, stay"), from Old English belīfan ("to remain"). More at belive.

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