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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
qui vive
    n 1: condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for
         action; "bombers were put on alert during the crisis" [syn:
         alert, qui vive]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Qui vive \Qui` vive"\ (k[-e]` v[-e]v"). [F., fr. qui who + vive,
   pres. subj. of vivre to live.]
   The challenge of a French sentinel, or patrol; -- used like
   the English challenge: "Who comes there?"
   [1913 Webster]

   To be on the qui vive, to be on guard; to be watchful and
      alert, like a sentinel.
      [1913 Webster]

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