vives
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of vives
1515–25; earlier avives < Middle French < Spanish adibas < Arabic al-dhi’bah literally, the she-wolf
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Bands, playing national anthems and patriotic airs, French "vives" and Czech "nazdars" rent the air.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since no new books are published in France of which the Nazis disapprove, the U.S. is the chief soil on which the French language sur vives as a free medium of expression.
From Time Magazine Archive
French "vives" and Czech "nazdars" rending Paris air in unison.
From Time Magazine Archive
"You can get oder vives some day—besser as dese, yes!"
From The Man from Brodney's by George Barr McCutcheon
It cleared its throat, looked away from the book, and repeated in a rapid mutter: "Vivo vives vive vi—ah—vivi—oh, dear, what is the matter with me?"
From David and the Phoenix by Joan Raysor
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