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belove

verb
/bɪˈləʊv/UK/bɪˈloʊv/US/bɪˈlʌv/

Etymology

From Middle English beloven, biluven (“to love greatly, please”), equivalent to be- + love. Compare Dutch believen (“to please, gratify”), German belieben (“to like, wish, please”). More at love.

  1. inherited from belāf
  2. inherited from belove

Definitions

  1. simple past of belive

  2. To please.

  3. To be pleased with

    To be pleased with; like.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To love.

      • He [William Russell, Lord Russell] was a man of great candour and of a general reputation, univerſally beloved and truſted; of a generous and obliging temper.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at belove. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01belove02belive03forthwith04immediately05soon06express07exactly08emphasis09special10beloved

A definitional loop anchored at belove. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at belove

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA