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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'qui vive' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions qui vive noun  a state of heightened vigilance, especially prior to battle "QUI vive!" The sentry's musket rings, The channelled bayonet gleams; High o'er him, like a raven's wings The broad tri-colored banner flings "QUI vive!" The sentry's musket rings,. The channelled bayonet gleams; ... "Qui vive!" How oft the midnight air. That startling cry has borne! ...Oliver Wendal Holmes. http://www.bartleby.com/102/104.html - 23k 1917 Qui vive? Who passes by up there? Who moves -- what stirs in the startled air? What whispers, thrills, exults up there? Qui vive? "The Flags of France." Grace Ellery Channing Were a tail black man to do the same, there is not one of us who would not immediately be on the . My sadness about the American estrangement just mentioned doesn't make me act any differently at such a moment, http://www.geocities.com/~bblair/france_twp.htm Etymology: who lives? - a sentry's challenge        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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