Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
beleave .
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Examples
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From Thomas More (1557) we find 'and then to not byleve them'; from Thomas Stapleton (1565), 'to flatly gainsaye'.
Archive 2008-06-01 DC 2008
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From Thomas More (1557) we find 'and then to not byleve them'; from Thomas Stapleton (1565), 'to flatly gainsaye'.
On early splitting DC 2008
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And in thys blessinge ye beginne with youre hande at the hedde downwarde, and then to the lefte side and byleve that our Lord Jesu Christe came down from the head, that is from the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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The king sentë to him then, to byleve [5] all night,
Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Volume 1 George Gilfillan 1845
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The king sentë to him then, to byleve [5] all night,
Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete George Gilfillan 1845
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