alife
See also: Alife, ALife, aLife, a-life, A-Life, and A-life
English
Etymology 1
Compare lief (“dear”).
Adverb
alife (not comparable)
- (obsolete) On one's life; dearly.
- Beaumont and Fletcher
- I love that sport alife.
- Beaumont and Fletcher
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of artificial life.
Noun
alife (uncountable)
- Alternative form of A-life
References
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for alife in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- Alfie, Faile, alief, faile