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English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Verb
lives
- third-person singular simple present indicative of live
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
lives
- plural of life
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
līvēs
- second-person singular present active indicative of līveō
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English līfes (“alive”), itself from the genitive singular of līf (“life”). For the use of the genitive in forming adverbs from nouns compare evenings (“in the evening”). More at -s (etymology 3).
Adjective
lives
- alive, living
- Antonym: dethes
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC, lines
901-903:
Hir fader, that this tidinge herd anon,
Curseth the day and time that Nature
Shoop him to been a lives creature.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- lively, happy
Portuguese
Noun
lives
- plural of live