vives
[ vahyvz ]
noun(used with a singular verb)Veterinary Pathology.
inflammation and swelling of the submaxillary gland in horses.
Origin of vives
11515–25; earlier avives<Middle French <Spanish adibas<Arabic al-dhi’bah literally, the she-wolf
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How to use vives in a sentence
On these kinds of devils, see the note of vives in loc., or Lecky's Hist.
The City of God, Volume II | Aurelius Augustinevives supposes it may have found place in Cicero's book, De Fato.
The City of God, Volume I | Aurelius AugustineWe passed close to the brig; which greeted us with acclamations and "vives la France," as we swept by her.
Miles Wallingford | James Fenimore CooperBut vives realized the folly of adding more fuel to the flames, and the sentences were in all cases either mitigated or revoked.
Cuba, Old and New | Albert Gardner RobinsonIl est naturel que nos idées les plus vives et les plus familières se rétracent pendant le sommeil.
She and I, Volume 2 | John Conroy Hutcheson
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