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▪ I. † aˈlife, adv.1 Obs.
[Prob. formed on lief dear, but confused in form with life ? quasi ‘as one's life.’]
In phr. to love alife: to love dearly.
1601Holland Pliny (1634) II. 86 Saffron loueth a-life to be trampled and trod vpon. 1603― Plutarch's Mor. 136 A busie fellow loveth a-life to step secretly into a house. 1611Cotgr. s.v. Paresseux, The sluggard loues alife things done to his hand. 1693W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. 1325 I love that a-life; I am willing unto this.
▪ II. alife, adv.2, prop. phr. ? dial.|əˈlaɪf|
[a prep.1 in + life; a modern formation on the same elements as alive.]
In life.
1864Mrs. Lloyd Ladies of Polcar. 40 Unless God keep her alife. |