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a-vie

a-vie adverb: in rivalry.

Adverb

a-vie (comparative more a-vie, superlative most a-vie)

  1. (obsolete) In rivalry.
    • Our mind doth likewise take revenge of it, they lie, they cog, and deceive one another a vie.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Forms of a-vie

comparativemore a-vie
superlativemost a-vie

Origin of a-vie

From a- + vie.

Questions about a-vie

What does a-vie mean?
A-vie means in rivalry.
What part of speech is a-vie?
A-vie is an adverb.

Words near a-vie in the dictionary

  1. a-tiptoe
  2. A-Town
  3. A-type conflict
  4. A-type conflicts
  5. A-V
  6. a-vie
  7. a-wheel
  8. a-women
  9. a-word
  10. a-words
  11. a.

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