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alive definition

alive (ə līv′)

adjective

  1. having life; living
  2. in existence, operation, etc.; unextinguished to keep old memories alive
  3. lively; alert

Etymology: ME alyfe, on live < OE on līfe; on, in + līfe, dat. of līf, life

alive Idioms

alive to

fully aware of; perceiving alive to the risks involved

alive with

teeming with; full of (living or moving things) a garden alive with bees

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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