Meaning

2 senses

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

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

Origin

From Middle English beleven, from Old English belǣfan (“to leave, let remain”), from Proto

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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Forms

beleaves, beleaving, beleft, beleft
Base formbeleave · to beleave
3rd person singularbeleaves
Present participlebeleaving
Past simplebeleft
Past participlebeleft

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybeleave
he, she, itbeleaves

Past simpleLesson

all personsbeleft

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave beleft
he, she, ithas beleft

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill beleave

Synonyms

18 synonyms
desertC1abandonB1relinquishC1continueA2stayA1keepA1lingerB2remainA2restB1forsakebug outforletforgoleave behind

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
belatedbelatedlybelchbelfrybeliebeliefB1believable
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