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Forthwith vs Belive - What's the difference?

forthwith | belive |

As adverbs the difference between forthwith and belive

is that forthwith is immediately; without delay while belive is (obsolete|outside|scotland) quickly, forthwith.

As a verb belive is

(intransitive|obsolete|outside|dialects) to remain, stay.

forthwith

English

Adverb

(-)
  • immediately; without delay
  • * 1885 —
    • So he decreed, in words succinct,
    That all who flirted, leered or winked
    (Unless connubially linked),
    Should forthwith be beheaded.

    Synonyms

    * immediately * straightaway

    belive

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) beliven, from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * *

    Verb

  • (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 :
    • 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.
  • (intransitive, obsolete, outside, dialects) To abide, continue.
    • Related terms
    * (2) *

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) belive, .

    Alternative forms

    *

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (obsolete, outside, Scotland) Quickly, forthwith.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.v:
    • By that same way the direfull dames doe driue / Their mournefull charet, fild with rusty blood, / And downe to Plutoes house are come biliue [...].
  • Soon, presently, before long; by and by; anon
    • English words prefixed with be-