*vive*

n. [ L. conviva: cf. F. convive. ] A quest at a banquet. [ R. ] Beaumont. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L. ] Mode, or manner, of living; hence, a temporary arrangement of affairs until disputed matters can be settled. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖ [ F., fr. qui who + vive, pres. subj. of vivre to live. ] The challenge of a French sentinel, or patrol; -- used like the English challenge: “Who comes there?” [ 1913 Webster ]

To be on the qui vive, to be on guard; to be watchful and alert, like a sentinel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Revived p. pr. & vb. n. Reviving. ] [ F. revivere, L. revivere; pref. re- re- + vivere to live. See Vivid. ] 1. To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into again, and he revived. 1 Kings xvii. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Old Chem.) To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. F. reviver. See Revive, v. i. ] 1. To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those bodies, by reason of whose mortality we died, shall be revived. Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those gracious words revive my drooping thoughts. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your coming, friends, revives me. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken. “Revive the libels born to die.” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mind has a power in many cases to revive perceptions which it has once had. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Old Chem.) To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Revival. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, revives. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. semperviva, sempervivum, fr. sempervivus ever-living; semper always + vivus living. ] (Bot.) The houseleek. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. supervivere. See Survive. ] To survive; to outlive. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To remain alive; to continue to live. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy pleasure,
Which, when no other enemy survives,
Still conquers all the conquerors. Sir J. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alike are life and death,
When life in death survives. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Survived p. pr. & vb. n. Surviving. ] [ F. survivre, L. supervivere; super over + vivere to live. See Super-, and Victuals. ] To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll assure her of
Her widowhood, be it that she survive me,
In all my lands and leases whatsoever. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Survivorship. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who survives; a survivor. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F., imperative sing. pres. fr. vivre to live, L. vivere. ] Long live, that is, success to; as, vive le roi, long live the king; vive la bagatelle, success to trifles or sport. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. vivus: cf. F. vif. See Vivid. ] Lively; animated; forcible. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a lively manner. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

If I see a thing vively represented on the stage. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vivens, p. pr. of vivere to live. ] Manner of supporting or continuing life or vegetation. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ L., a ferret. ] (Zool.) A genus of carnivores which comprises the civets. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Viverridae, or Civet family. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ F. vivres, pl. of vivre, orig., to live. ] Provisions; victuals. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I 'll join you at three, if the vivers can tarry so long. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]