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lieve

lieve is the alternative form of lief.

Meaning of lief

Adjective

lief (comparative liefer or liever, superlative liefest or lievest)

  1. (archaic) Beloved, dear, agreeable.
    Synonyms:
    beloved
  2. (archaic) Ready, willing.

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Questions about lieve

What is lieve the alternative form of?
Lieve is the alternative form of lief.

Words near lieve in the dictionary

  1. Lieuts
  2. Lieuts.
  3. lieux-dits
  4. Lievanos
  5. Lievanoses
  6. lieve
  7. liever
  8. lieves
  9. lievest
  10. lievrite
  11. Liew

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lieve (page history and authors); lief (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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