belive

/bɪˈlaɪ̯v/

Etymology

From Middle English beliven, from Old English belīfan (“to remain”), from Proto-West Germanic *bilīban, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną (“to remain”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick, glue”). Cognate with West Frisian bliuwe (“to stay”), Dutch blijven (“to remain”), German bleiben (“to remain”), Danish blive (“to be, remain”). More at leave.

Why this word is great

BELIVE — [Verb] To remain or stay in a place or condition. From Middle English beliven, from Old English belīfan ("to remain"), from Proto-West Germanic *bilīban, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną ("to remain"), from Proto-Germanic *bi- ("be-") + Proto-Indo-European *leyp- ("to stick, glue"). Unlike "stay" (which drifts without weight) or "remain" (which stands indifferent), "belive" carries the heft of endurance, the quiet insistence of something rooted. It is the last leaf trembling on a winter branch, the scent of old books clinging to a forgotten library, or the way a childhood home still lives in the marrow of your bones—proof that some things, against all odds, refuse to let go.

verb

To remain, stay.“… God helpe me so, the best is thus to done. “Rise, let us speake of lustie life in Troy That we have lad, and forth the time drive, And eke of time coming us rejoy, That bringen shall our blisse now to blive, …"”

adv

Quickly, forthwith.“By that same way the direfull dames doe driue / Their mournefull charet, fild with rusty blood, / And downe to Plutoes house are come biliue [...].”
Soon, presently, before long; by and by; anon