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Webster 1913 Edition


vives

vives

(vīvz)
,
Noun.
[OF.
vives
, F.
avives
(cf. Sp.
abivas
,
adiva
) fr. Ar.
ad-dhība
. Cf.
Fives
vives.]
(Far.)
A disease of brute animals, especially of horses, seated in the glands under the ear, where a tumor is formed which sometimes ends in suppuration.

Webster 1828 Edition


Vives

VIVES

,
Noun.
A disease of animals, particularly of horses, seated in the glads under the ear, where a tumor is formed which sometimes ends in suppuration.

Definition 2024


vives

vives

See also: vivés

English

Noun

vives (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A disease of animals, especially horses, based in the glands under the ear, where a tumour is formed which sometimes ends in suppuration.
    • 1816, Richard Lawrence, The complete farrier, and British sportsman (page 245)
      The Vives, like the strangles, is most incident to young horses, and usually proceeds from the same causes, such as catching cold, being over-heated, or over-worked, about the time of shedding their teeth.

Catalan

Adjective

vives

  1. feminine plural of viu

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /viv/
  • Homophone: vive

Adjective

vives

  1. feminine plural of vif

Verb

vives

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of vivre

Galician

Verb

vives

  1. second-person singular present indicative of vivir

Latin

Verb

vīvēs

  1. second-person singular future active indicative of vīvō

Portuguese

Verb

vives

  1. Second-person singular (tu) present indicative of viver

Spanish

Verb

vives

  1. Informal second-person singular () present indicative form of vivir.