belive

Frequency

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɪˈlaɪv/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English bilive (“actively, vigorously, eagerly, gladly, quickly, at once”), with syncopated alternative form blive. The adverb is from a contraction of by/bi + live (dative form of lyf, "life"), literally, "by life".

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