Definition of Alive

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Definition of Alive

Alive

Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.

In a state of action; in force or operation; unextinguished; unexpired; existent; as, to keep the fire alive; to keep the affections alive.

Exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings; swarming; thronged.

Sprightly; lively; brisk.

Having susceptibility; easily impressed; having lively feelings, as opposed to apathy; sensitive.

Of all living (by way of emphasis).

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Alive Quotations

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.
Thomas Jefferson

To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive.
Friedrich Nietzsche

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
Socrates

I suppose I have a really loose interpretation of "work," because I think that just being alive is so much work at something you don't always want to do. The machinery is always going. Even when you sleep.
Andy Warhol

The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.
W. C. Fields

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
George Washington

There's place and means for every man alive.
William Shakespeare

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.
Henry David Thoreau

Alive Translations

alive in Danish is levende
alive in Dutch is levend
alive in French is vivant
alive in German is belebt, lebend, lebend, lebendig
alive in Italian is vivo
alive in Portuguese is vivo
alive in Spanish is viviente, vivo
alive in Swedish is levande

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