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alive
adj
    1. Living; having life; in existence.
    2. Lively; active.
    3. Aware of it; responsive to it.
      Form: alive to something (usually)
    4. Full of it; abounding in it.
      Form: alive with something (usually)
Idiom: alive and kicking
    colloq
    Living and active.
Idiom: come alive
    colloq
    To become more animated.
Derivative: look alive
exclamation
    To get on with something; to hurry up. Also as
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon on life in life.



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