adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/vaɪv/
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rhymes with -aɪv
CMU ARPABET:V IY1 V
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:V AY1 V
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 1
lively, animated
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Examples
1890, Samuel Harvey Reynolds, Introduction The Essays of Francis Bacon the French King, when by a vive and forcible persuasion he moved him to a war upon Flanders
