Alive! : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Alive!	by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alive \Alive"\, a. [OE. on live, AS. on l[c6]fe in life; l[c6]fe being dat. of l[c6]f life. See {Life}, and cf. {Live}, a.] 1. Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive. 2. In a state of action; in force or operation; unextinguished; unexpired; existent; as, to keep the fire alive; to keep the affections alive. 3. Exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings; swarming; thronged. The Boyne, for a quarter of a mile, was alive with muskets and green boughs. --Macaulay. 4. Sprightly; lively; brisk. --Richardson. 5. Having susceptibility; easily impressed; having lively feelings, as opposed to apathy; sensitive. Tremblingly alive to nature's laws. --Falconer. 6. Of all living (by way of emphasis). Northumberland was the proudest man alive. --Clarendon. Note: Used colloquially as an intensive; as, man alive!* Note: Alive always follows the noun which it qualifies.