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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1927

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ALEIFE, adv. To life. [ə′leif]Rxb.(D) 1927 E. C. Smith Braid Haaick 10:
Ti come aleife — to come to life.

[A variant of alive; alife, alyfe, etc., occur in 16th cent. Sc. (Gavin Douglas and later), as in 17th cent. Eng.]

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