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De - Pt| English Dictionary: lieve | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Lief \Lief\ (l[emac]f), a. [Written also {lieve}.] [OE. leef, lef, leof, AS. le[a2]f; akin to OS. liof, OFries. liaf, D. lief, G. lieb, OHG. liob, Icel. lj[umac]fr, Sw. ljuf, Goth. liubs, and E. love. [root]124. See {Love}, and cf. {Believe}, {Leave}, n., {Furlough}, {Libidinous}.] 1. Dear; beloved. [Obs., except in poetry.] [bd]My liefe mother.[b8] --Chaucer. [bd]My liefest liege.[b8] --Shak. As thou art lief and dear. --Tennyson. 2. Note: (Used with a form of the verb to be, and the dative of the personal pronoun.) Pleasing; agreeable; acceptable; preferable. [Obs.] See {Lief}, adv., and Had as lief, under {Had}. Full lief me were this counsel for to hide. --Chaucer. Death me liefer were than such despite. --Spenser. 3. Willing; disposed. [Obs.] I am not lief to gab. --Chaucer. He up arose, however lief or loth. --Spenser. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Lieve \Lieve\ (l[emac]v), a. Same as {Lief}. | |
