Clive vs Alive - What's the difference?
clive | alive |
- someone who lived near a cliff ( (etyl) clif ).
derived from the surname. Popular in Britain in mid-twentieth century.
* 1949 (Mazo de la Roche), Mary Wakefield , Dundurn Press (2009), ISBN 1550028774, page 132:
A village in Alberta.
A city in Iowa.
A town in New Zealand.
A village in Shropshire, England.
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
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.
As intensifier, of all living.
As a proper noun Clive
is {{surname|topographic|from=Old English}} - someone who lived near a cliff ( Old English clif).As a verb clive
is to climb; ascend.As a noun clive
is burdock or agrimony.As an adjective alive is
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.clive
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- "I suppose you," she said, "were named for General Clive ." "I was. And my father was named for General Brock."
alive
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Adjective
(en adjective)- to keep the fire alive'; to keep the affections ' alive .
- The Boyne, for a quarter of a mile, was alive with muskets and green boughs. -- .
- Tremblingly alive to nature's laws. -- .
- Northumberland was the proudest man alive . --.
