qui-vive?
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qui-vive? Fr. = who goes there? (the challenge of a sentinel: quis adest? Ter.): adopted in Eng. fig. (of anxiety): to be always on the q.-v., palpitantibus praecordibus vivere, Sen.: (of hostile alarms), the Romans were always on the q.-v., tempus nullum vacuum sollicitudine erat Romanis, Liv.