vives

[ vahyvz ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

1. inflammation and swelling of the submaxillary gland in horses.

Word History and Origins

Origin of vives¹

1515–25; earlier avives < Middle French < Spanish adibas < Arabic al-dhi’bah literally, the she-wolf

Example Sentences

On these kinds of devils, see the note of Vives in loc., or Lecky's Hist.

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Vives supposes it may have found place in Cicero's book, De Fato.

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We passed close to the brig; which greeted us with acclamations and "vives la France," as we swept by her.

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But Vives realized the folly of adding more fuel to the flames, and the sentences were in all cases either mitigated or revoked.

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Il est naturel que nos idées les plus vives et les plus familières se rétracent pendant le sommeil.

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