be alive
verb
Roget 359:
be alive
etc.
adj.;
live,
breathe,
respire;
subsist
etc.
(exist)
1;
walk the earth,
strut and fret one's hour upon the stage"
[Macbeth];
be spared.
see the light,
be born,
come into the world,
fetch breath,
draw breath,
fetch the breath of life,
draw the breath of life;
quicken;
revive;
come to life.
give birth to
etc.
(produce)
161;
bring to life,
put into life,
vitalize;
vivify,
vivificate†;
reanimate
etc.
(restore)
660;
keep alive,
keep body and soul together,
keep the wolf from the door;
support life.
hive nine lives like a cat.
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interjection
Roget 682:
be alive,
look alive,
look sharp!,
move on,
push on!,
keep moving!,
go ahead!,
stir your stumps!,
age quod agis! [Lat.],
jaldi! †,
karo! †,
step lively!,
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