Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to belive
Participle: belived
Gerund: beliving
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | belive |
| you | belive |
| he;she;it | belives |
| we | belive |
| you | belive |
| they | belive |
Perfect
| I | have belived |
| you | have belived |
| he;she;it | has belived |
| we | have belived |
| you | have belived |
| they | have belived |
Past
| I | belived |
| you | belived |
| he;she;it | belived |
| we | belived |
| you | belived |
| they | belived |
Pluperfect
| I | had belived |
| you | had belived |
| he;she;it | had belived |
| we | had belived |
| you | had belived |
| they | had belived |
Future
| I | will belive |
| you | will belive |
| he;she;it | will belive |
| we | will belive |
| you | will belive |
| they | will belive |
Future Perfect
| I | will have belived |
| you | will have belived |
| he;she;it | will have belived |
| we | will have belived |
| you | will have belived |
| they | will have belived |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | belive |
| you | belive |
| he;she;it | belive |
| we | belive |
| you | belive |
| they | belive |
Perfect
| I | have belived |
| you | have belived |
| he;she;it | have belived |
| we | have belived |
| you | have belived |
| they | have belived |
Imperfect
| I | belived |
| you | belived |
| he;she;it | belived |
| we | belived |
| you | belived |
| they | belived |
Pluperfect
| I | had belived |
| you | had belived |
| he;she;it | had belived |
| we | had belived |
| you | had belived |
| they | had belived |
Conditional
Present
| I | would belive |
| you | would belive |
| he;she;it | would belive |
| we | would belive |
| you | would belive |
| they | would belive |
Perfect
| I | would have belived |
| you | would have belived |
| he;she;it | would have belived |
| we | would have belived |
| you | would have belived |
| they | would have belived |
Imperative
| you | belive |
| we | Let's belive |
| you | belive |
Verbs conjugated like 'belive'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'belive'
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off
- beleave, keep, remain, rest, stay
- to have a settled abode permanently or for a considerable time
- abide, bedwell, dwell, inhabit, live, occupy, reside, stay
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English beliven, from Old English belīfan (“to remain”), from Proto-West Germanic *bilīban, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną (“to remain”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick, glue”).
2. Cognate with West Frisian bliuwe (“to stay”), Dutch blijven (“to remain”), German bleiben (“to remain”), Danish blive (“to be, remain”). More at leave. See: Proto-Germanic '
*bilībaną', Dutch '
blijven', German, old spelling '
bleiben', Danish '
blive'.
Verbs referencing "belive"
Norwegian
bli, German, old spelling
bleiben, Luxembourgish
bleiwen, Low Saxon blieven, Alemannic German
bliibe.
Sample Sentences
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… God helpe me so, the best is thus to done. “Rise, let us speake of lustie life in Troy That we have lad, and forth the time drive, And eke of time coming us rejoy, That bringen shall our blisse now to blive, …" [1843 (original date: 1475), Geoffrey Chaucer, Thomas Tyrwhitt, The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer - Page 321]
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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. [1900 (original date: 1483), Jacobus (de Voragine), William Caxton, Frederick Startridge Ellis, The golden legend, or, Lives of the saints]