beleave
verb/bɪˈliːv/ · [bɪˈlɪi̯v]
Etymology From Middle English beleven, from Old English belǣfan (“to leave, let remain”), from Proto-Germanic *bilaibijaną. Equivalent to be- + leave. Intransitive use may be influenced by related belive (“to remain”), which see.
1
Obsolete To leave behind, abandon.
2
Obsolete To be left; to remain.