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Definition of Belove
1. v. t. To love.
Definition of Belove
1. Verb. (form of Simple past tense belive) ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive obsolete) To please. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To be pleased with; like. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To love. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Belove
1. to love [v BELOVED, BELOVING, BELOVES] - See also: love
Lexicographical Neighbors of Belove
Literary usage of Belove
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Antonyms: see CLEAR, RECOVER, WIN. loss, nl See RUIN. 4. See AMOUR, LIKING.
love, ». t. 1. belove (chiefly in passive), cherish; spec, adore, idolize, ..."
2. The Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor: Containing Choice and Characteristic by William Evans Burton (1859)
"Tom found the money, distributed it among the creditors, and passed every night
for the next month in the old church-yard, observing his belove skeleton, ..."
3. Analytical Fifth Reader: Containing an Introductory Article on the General by Richard Edwards (1867)
"More softly than the dew is shed, Or cloud is floated overhead, He giveth His
belove'd, sleep. 7. Ay, men may wonder while they scan A living, thinking, ..."
4. An Alphabetical List of English Words Occurring in the Literature of the by Philological Society (Great Britain), Philological Society (Great Britain (1861)
"... lost 1 1370 belove, va 1,2,3 1523 belove with 1 1550 belove, sb. 2 1590 beloved,
sb. 2, 3 1840 best-beloved 3 1590 unbeloved 2 1597 ..."