adv
Meaning 1
quickly; forthwith
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
blive
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/blaɪv/
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verb
Meaning 2
Alternative form of belive ("to remain").
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, intransitive
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English blive (“actively, vigorously, eagerly, gladly, quickly, at once”), with unsyncopated alternative form bilive. The adverb is from a contraction of by /bi + live (dative form of lyf, "life"), literally, "by life".
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.