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▪ I. † vive, n. Obs.—1
[ad. L. vīvum, neut. of vīvus: see next.]
= life n. 7.
1555W. Watreman Fardle Facions i. v. 53 The image of death, caruen out of wodde, or drawen with the pencille as niere to the viue as is possible.
▪ II. vive, a. Now only Sc. or arch.
Also 5 vyue, 6–7 viue; Sc. 6 viwe, 7 wieve, 9 veive, veev, veef.
[a. OF. (also mod.F.) vive fem. of vif:—L. vīv-um, vīv-us living, alive (whence also It., Sp., Pg. vivo), or a direct adaptation of the L. word.]
1. Physically lively, forcible, or brisk. rare.
c1477Caxton Jason 31 b, He dyde so well that by vyue force with his trenchaunt swerde he brake the wardes and Araye of the Esklauons. 1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 43 Thou shalt not sinne in any of thy five senses:..thy pallat hating wine, flesh, and all other vive things. 1808Jamieson, Vive, brisk, vigorous.
†b. Of minerals: Having active properties.
See also argent vive, calx vive calx 2, and sulphur vive.
1669Boyle Contn. New Exp. ii. (1682) 166, I exposed Vive Sulpher to the Beams of the Sun. 1670W. Simpson Hydrol. Ess. 101 Take a mineral sulphur, whether vive, or in a marcasite. 1671J. Webster Metallogr. xv. 224 Being a perfect metal..containing in itself vive-spermatick sulphur, and vive immature Mercury.
2. Affecting or impressing the mind in a lively or vivid manner.
In various applications: see groups of quots.
(a)1528in Burnet Hist. Ref. (1679) i. Records xxii. 53 Ye may declare the Premises unto him;..[and] in as effectual and vive manner as ye can, open it unto his Holiness. 1624Bacon War w. Spain (1629) 22 By a viue and forcible perswasion, he moued him to a warre vpon Flanders. 1665Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 4 Sylvester gives it this true and vive description.
(b)c1614Sir W. Mure Dido & æneas ii. 521 What woes so vive, charact'red in thy face, Thus overcloud the rayes of princely grace. 1629H. Burton Truth's Triumph 116 None of the Israel of God is healed..but by his speciall, cleare, viue faith. 1675R. Burthogge Causa Dei 168 It being Another to which I am proceeding, that it seems awakens in you far more feeling and more vive Resentments.
(c)1650R. Gentilis Considerations 1 As if oblivion were not by some much more to bee desired, than to have the memory of them to vive. 1652Kirkman Clerio & Lozia 98 We receive in our hearts all the various and vive impressions of so fair and divine objects.
3. Of images, pictures, etc.: Life-like, suggestive of life or reality; closely reproducing or representing the actual person or thing.
1585Jas. I Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 13 Heir surely lyes, Of seasons fowre, the glasse and picture viue. 1588A. King tr. Canisius' Catech. 81 A maist vive repræsentation of our lords death. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 169 Mogallie, Galdies sister sone,..the viue and perfyte Jmage of King Galdie. 1621Archbold Beauty Holines 16 As a father delighteth to looke upon the expresse and vive Image of himselfe in his sonne. 1637J. Williams Holy Table 35 That sacred Oratory, the vivest resemblance I know upon the Earth of the Harmony of the Cherubims. 1669R. Fleming Fulfilling Script. (1726) 74 There is a vive portraicture of providence in the affairs of the church held forth in that vision [of Ezechiel].
4. Of colours: Bright, vivid.
1591Jas. I Lepanto 436 The Painter mixes colours viue, The Printer Letters sets. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 267 The Croce,..suddanlie appeirit, in viue and bricht colouris. 1633Epitaph A. Munday in Stow's Surv. 869/2 He..ore them laid Such vive and beauteous colours with his Pen. 1671[R. MacWard] True Nonconf. 373 It hath been my endeavour so to draw and design in vive collours, that naming would appeare superfluous.
b. Sc. Of things seen (actually or mentally): Clear, distinct.
1825Jamieson Suppl., Vive, applied to what may be seen clearly; as, ‘vive prent’, letter-press which may be read easily. 1861J. Davidson Poems Buchan Dial. 119 In thought as veev as fan't took place, I see anither scene. 1886D. M. Smith Glen Ogil in R. Ford Harp Perthshire (1893) 327 The hills abune Glen Ogil! I see them a' the day As veive as when I speel'd them in summer days lang-syne.
†5. Alive; in a living state. Obs.
c1590J. Stewart Poems (S.T.S.) II. 245 Guid Elias..Quhom Eliseus vith his ies beheld Viwe reft till heawen. Ibid. 23 He did suddane sie The veirray viwe formosit figure frie Of Angelique. 1673A. Walker Lees Lachrymans 3 Shrunk into Decrepidness, and a Living Death, made a vive Skeleton before he Dyed.
†b. Of the voice: (cf. viva voce). Obs.
1616Symson Short Compend. vii. ii. II. 9 To y⊇ singing of Psalmes in the Church by viue voyce, he added Organes. 1675J. Smith Chr. Relig. Appeal iii. 38 Reveiled by the vive-voyce of the Gods themselves.
▪ III. † vive, v. Obs.—1
[f. prec., or directly f. L. vīv-us.]
trans. To endue with life.
1637G. Daniel Genius of Isle 295 But I forget this now, viv'd by the Beams Of such a maiestie.
▪ IV. ‖ vive, int.|viv|
[Fr., lit. ‘may he (she, it) live’: cf. viva n.1 and int.]
1. a. vive le roi |viv lə rwa| = long live the king s.v. live v.1 9, used as a general acclamation to or for a sovereign. Similarly vive l'empéreur.
1594Marlowe Massacre at Paris sig. B7, Sound trumpets within, and then all crye Viue le Roy. a1700Evelyn Diary an. 1651 (1955) III. 42 The King..saluting the Ladys & Acclamators who had fill'd the Windos with their beauty, & the aire with Vive Le Roy. 1768Sterne Sent. Journ. I. 114 Here's a couple of sous for thee—Vive le Roi! said the old soldier. 1815F. Burney Let. Mar. in Jrnls. & Lett. (1980) VIII. 76 There was no species of enthusiasm, but..moderate cries of Vive le roi. 1848E. B. Browning Let. 4 July (1897) I. v. 375 How did you feel when the cry was raised, ‘Vive l'Empereur’? 1861G. Meredith Let. 19 Nov. (1970) I. 115 The Emperor allows her {pstlg}1000 a year: her mother gets {pstlg}2000. Vive l'Empereur! 1896C. M. Yonge Release ii. iii. 104 Ecstatic cries of ‘Vive le Roi’ broke from the populace.
b. vive la bagatelle |viv la bagatɛl|, ‘success to frivolity or nonsense’, an exclamation denoting a carefree attitude to life.
1732Swift Let. 10 July in Lit. Corr. (1741) 150 All for want of my Rule, Vive la bagatelle! 1760Sterne Tr. Shandy I. xix. 121 The footing of mere whims, and of a vive la Bagatelle. 1880Girl's Own Paper 27 Nov. 144/3 Vive la bagatelle means ‘Success to trifling’. Not a good sentiment. 1915J. Webster in Century Mag. Sept. 492/1, I seem to have covered a lot of paper without telling you much. Vive la bagatelle! 1948M. Allingham More Work for Undertaker xxiii. 260 (heading) Vive la bagatelle!
c. Used in other phrases denoting extreme approval or enthusiasm or as a cry of acclamation. Also joc.
1865G. Meredith Let. 11 Aug. (1970) I. 315 My mind is free, and vive la liberté! 1889E. Dowson Let. 24 Mar. (1967) 55 Have just finished my poulet. Vive la jeunesse: it has actually lasted 3 weeks. 1906[see ban n.3]. 1914‘Bartimeus’ Naval Occasions xi. 81 Well!..Vive le sport! If there were no fools there'd be no fun. 1922E. E. Cummings Enormous Room viii. 176 Vive la bourgeoisie, I said to myself. 1965V. Canning Whip Hand viii. 89 We all want to know where Mrs Vadarci is going, and you have—vive l'amour—a special contact there. 1980C. Ross Case for Compensation v. 29 Vive La France. Vive le sport and where's my passport. I'm going.
d. vive la différence |viv la diferãs|, a joc. expression denoting approval of the difference between the sexes. Also in extended use. Occas. as attrib. phr.
1963H. Slesar Bridge of Lions (1964) xi. 164 It's your stock-in-trade, isn't it, youth and beauty? Vive la différence, and all that jazz. 1964Guardian 21 Apr. 18/4 ‘Vive la difference’ Tories are recognizably Tories, and Socialists are demonstrably Socialists. 1969[see jockette]. 1970G. Greer Female Eunuch 29 Frenchmen may well cry ‘Vive la différence’, for it is cultivated unceasingly in all aspects of life. 1978Country Life 3 Aug. 341/3 The control layout extends Citroen's vive la différence attitude.
2. absol. and as n.
1919D. H. Lawrence in Athenæum 11 Apr. 167/2 There is a new régime, sound of a new Vive! vive! 1922Joyce Ulysses 303 The even more excitable foreign delegates cheered vociferously in a medley of cries..hiphip, vive, Allah. |