Meanings
alife1
adverbalife (not comparable)
- not comparableobsoletewith all one's heart; dearly.
Saffron loueth a-life to be trampled and trod vpon.
1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC2 more examples
A busie fellow loveth a-life to step secretly into a house.
1603, Plutarch, translated by Philemon Holland, The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLCFla[via]. Come, Sir Pergamus, till your horse come, you and I'll go play at shuttle-cock. / Per[gamus]. A match i'faith. I love that sport a' life. Yet my mother charged me not to use it for fear of putting my arm out of joint.
c. 1604–1626, doubtfully attributed to Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Faithful Friends”, in Henry [William] Weber, editor, The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, in Fourteen Volumes: […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] F[rancis] C[harles] and J[ohn] Rivington; […], published 1812, →OCLC, Act II, scene ii, page 50
alife2
nounalife (uncountable)
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of A-life.
ALife3
nounALife (uncountable)
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of A-life (artificial life)
aLife4
nounaLife (uncountable)
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of A-life (artificial life)
Alife5
nounAlife (uncountable)
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of A-life (artificial life)
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APA
alife. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alife
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“alife.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alife. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alife,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alife.
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