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ad vivum

American  
[ahd wee-woom, ad vahy-vuhm] / ɑd ˈwi wʊm, æd ˈvaɪ vəm /

adverb

Latin.
  1. to that which is alive.


Example Sentences

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The $191,000 book is "Storia naturale degli uccelli trattata con metodo e adornata di figure intagliate in rame e miniate al naturale. Ornithologia methodice digesta atque iconibus aeneis ad vivum illuminatis," a rare Italian illustrated book of birds published in 1765.

From Los Angeles Times

Historiarum veteris instrumenti icones ad vivum expressæ.

From Project Gutenberg

Rerum præclare gestarum, intra et extra mœnia civitatis Viennensis, pedestri et equestri prælio, terra et aqua, elapso Mense Junio Anni Domini MDLX. elegantissimis iconibus ad vivum illustratarum, in laudem et gloriam sere. poten. invictissimique principis et Domini, Domini Ferdinandi electi Roma: imperatoris, &c.

From Project Gutenberg

The likeness is drawn ad vivum: When to the sessions of sweet silent thought He summons up remembrance of things past.

From Project Gutenberg

L. "Interim me attingit in loco suspecto; idque ad vivum hactenus proloquutus est, sua crimina esse palam; sed sunt qui majora committant, et opinantur ea silentio tegi; et tamen homines de magnis juxta et parvis loquuntur."

From Project Gutenberg