he've

See also: heve

English

Contraction

he've

1. (dialect) he have.
   • 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd:

     "He's not at home, and won't be this side of eleven o'clock. He've been forced to go over to Yalbury since shutting out work. I shall do quite as well."

Usage notes

• Generally used in rendering dialectal speech, though possibly also applicable to the subjunctive case.

Anagrams

• EEHV