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from The Century Dictionary.

  • An apocopated form of beleeve, now written believe.
  • To place on the lee, or in a position unfavorable to the wind.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To place under the lee, or unfavorably to the wind.

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