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Semivif — Sem i*vif, a. [L. semivivus.] Only half alive. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
semi-rife — [semi rife In forms semyryfe, rife, error for semyvyf (see semivif) in Bailey s Dict. 1728, etc. ] … Useful english dictionary