Vive \Vive\ (v[=e]v). [F., imperative sing. pres. fr. vivre to live, L. vivere.]

Long live, that is, success to; as, vive le roi, long live the king; vive la bagatelle, success to trifles or sport.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Vive \Vive\ (v[imac]v), a. [L. vivus: cf. F. vif. See Vivid.]

Lively; animated; forcible. [Obs.]

--Bacon.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)