† belivedadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Probably: living the specified character of life. Only in evil-belived.
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil way of life > [adjective]
ill-faringa1400
misliving1423
misliveda1425
ill vivandc1460
evil-belived1557
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [adjective] > evil-living
misliving1423
misliveda1425
ill vivandc1460
evil-belived1557
wicked-walking1608
1557 Malory's Story Noble & Worthy Kynge Arthur (Copland) iv. vii. sig. eiii/1 He is so euyl belyued & hated that there is no knyght that wyll fyght for hym.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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adj.1557- to give livery
- to give lost
- to give love to
- to give make grief
- to give mate
- to give mettle to
- to give mischance
- to give mouth
- to give mouth to
- to give name to
- to give no charge of
- to give no force of
- to give no road
- to give nonplus to
- to give note of
- to give notice
- to give nought of
- to give occasion to
- to give odds
- to give of
- to give of one's best
- to give of oneself
- to give off
- to give offal to a bear
- to give offence to