Belive vs Begive - What's the difference?
belive | begive |
(intransitive, obsolete, outside, dialects) To remain, stay.
* 1900' (original date: '''1483 ), Jacobus (de Voragine), William Caxton, Frederick Startridge Ellis, ''The golden legend, or, Lives of the saints :
(intransitive, obsolete, outside, dialects) To abide, continue.
(obsolete, outside, Scotland) Quickly, forthwith.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.v:
Soon, presently, before long; by and by; anon
English words prefixed with be-
To give out; give of oneself; issue; endow; administer; transfer.
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As verbs the difference between belive and begive
is that belive is (intransitive|obsolete|outside|dialects) to remain, stay while begive is to give out; give of oneself; issue; endow; administer; transfer.As an adverb belive
is (obsolete|outside|scotland) quickly, forthwith.belive
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) beliven, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* *Verb
- So there bleveth no more, but I that am servant to the spirit, may lie down and die. In which death I glorify myself, but I am greatly troubled in my mind, that my riches which I had ordained to God be wasted and spent in foul things.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) belive, .Alternative forms
*Adverb
(en adverb)- By that same way the direfull dames doe driue / Their mournefull charet, fild with rusty blood, / And downe to Plutoes house are come biliue [...].
begive
English
Verb
- How am I begiving'? To whom do I '''begive''' and why? What is the quality of my begiving? How willing am I to ' begive ? How much? To what extent?
- Maria was forever to begive her begivings to the loathsome imposter who’s waddling skulk had haunted her. Thus life nourishes death and as the witch died so did she.
- Return to the original beautiful dream world, this is the season to begive you a perfect attempt.