LIEF


Meaning of LIEF in English

noun dear; beloved.

2. lief ·adv willing; disposed.

3. lief ·noun a dear one; a sweetheart.

4. lief ·noun ·same·as lif.

5. lief ·noun pleasing; agreeable; acceptable; preferable.

6. lief ·adv gladly; willingly; freely;

— now used only in the phrases, had as lief, and would as lief; as, i had, or would, as lief go as not.

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