vive

/ viːv /

interjection

1. long live; up with (a specified person or thing)

Word History and Origins

Origin of vive¹

from French

Example Sentences

They filed past hoisting homemade flags, university flags, Mexican flags, flags that said “Ayotzi Vive.”

From The Daily Beast

One unhappy attendee is even heard to shout, “Vive Lady Gaga!”

From The Daily Beast

In 2000, he published another op-ed in the Post titled, spookily, ‘Vive what difference?’

From The Daily Beast

In spite of this there was no grumbling, and the men, as their general reported, pressed on with cries of "Vive la Rpublique!"

From Project Gutenberg

The girls crowded into Assembly that morning, all on the qui vive to hear what the principal would have to say.

From Project Gutenberg

The years passed on, and at last there came a time when the voice which shouted 'Vive Bourgoyne!'

From Project Gutenberg

Almost instantly there arose the old admiring cries of, "Vive Napoleon!"

From Project Gutenberg

The minions had not allowed him to be ignorant of what had passed, and he had heard the people cry, "Vive le roi!"

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