'Qui vive' definitions:
Definition of 'qui vive'
(from WordNet)
noun
Condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action; "bombers were put on alert during the crisis" [syn: alert, qui vive]
Definition of 'Qui vive'
From: GCIDE
- 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]