adverb
- quickly; soon
Usage: archaic; obsolete
Examples
- The messenger arrived belive with news from the castle.
- We must depart belive if we are to reach the town before nightfall.
- The old text instructed them to come belive to the meeting.
- In medieval times, one might say ‘return belive’ meaning ‘return quickly’.
- The archaic word belive appears in some historical documents meaning ‘soon’.