vive

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/vaɪv/

adjective

lively, animated

OriginLatin vivus →
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Meanings

adjectivevive (comparative more vive, superlative most vive)

comparative more vive · superlative most vive

  1. obsoletelively, animated

    1890, Samuel Harvey Reynolds, Introduction The Essays of Francis Bacon the French King, when by a vive and forcible persuasion he moved him to a war upon Flanders

Origin

  1. Latinvivus
  2. Englishvive

From Latin vivus. Compare French vif. See vivid.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with vive

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Cite this entry
APA

vive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vive

MLA

“vive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vive. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vive.

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