a-vie

See also: avie, Avie, avié, avíe, and à vie

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ vie.

Adverb

a-vie (comparative more a-vie, superlative most a-vie)

1. (obsolete) In rivalry. [16th–17th c.]
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     Our mind doth likewise take revenge of it, they lie, they cog, and deceive one another a vie.

Anagrams

• viae