alive

alive
alive (adj.) c.1200, from O.E. on life "in living." The fuller form on live was still current 17c. Alive and kicking "alert, vigorous," attested from 1859; "The allusion is to a child in the womb after quickening" [Farmer]. Used emphatically, especially with man; e.g.:
[A]bout a thousand gentlemen having bought his almanacks for this year, merely to find what he said against me, at every line they read they would lift up their eyes, and cry out betwixt rage and laughter, "they were sure no man alive ever writ such damned stuff as this." [Jonathan Swift, Bickerstaff's Vindication, 1709]
Thus abstracted as an expletive, man alive! (1845).

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  • Alive! — Livealbum von Kiss Veröffentlichung September 1975 Label Casablanca Records Format …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Alive — A*live , a. [OE. on live, AS. on l[=i]fe in life; l[=i]fe being dat. of l[=i]f life. See {Life}, and cf. {Live}, a.] 1. Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Alive II — Album par Kiss Sortie 14 octobre 1977 Enregistrement Août / Septembre 1977 Durée 71:26 Genre Hard rock …   Wikipédia en Français

  • alive — [ə līv′] adj. [ME alyfe, on live < OE on līfe; on, in + līfe, dat. of līf, LIFE] 1. having life; living 2. in existence, operation, etc.; unextinguished [to keep old memories alive] 3. lively; alert: Usually used in the predicate Alive is also …   English World dictionary

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