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  • 11rife — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (especially of something undesirable) widespread. 2) (rife with) full of. DERIVATIVES rifeness noun. ORIGIN Old English, probably from an Old Norse word meaning «acceptable» …

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  • 12rife — I adjective abundant, accustomed, bristling, catholic, common, considerable, crowded, current, customary, dense, dominant, endless, epidemic, extensive, far reaching, galore, general, manifold, many, multitudinous, numerous, pandemic, plenteous,… …

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  • 13rife — *prevailing, prevalent, current Analogous words: abundant, *plentiful, copious, ample: *common, ordinary, familiar …

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  • 14rife — [adj] overflowing abounding, abundant, alive, common, current, epidemic, extensive, frequent, general, many, multitudinous, numerous, pandemic, plentiful, popular, prevailing, prevalent, profuse, raging, rampant, regnant, replete, ruling,… …

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  • 15rife-rafe — obs. form of riff raff n.1 …

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  • 16Rife — Royal Raymond Rife (* 16. Mai 1888; † 11. August 1971) war ein US amerikanischer Erfinder von optischen Mikroskopen. Er hat darüber hinaus eine begrenzte Bedeutung im alternativmedizinischen Bereich erlangt. Rife wuchs in Elkhorn, Nebraska (USA)… …

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  • 17Rife — For the Java web API, see RIFE, for the Rife machine, see Royal Rife, and for the settlement in Bhutan, see Rife, Bhutan. Infobox Album | Name = Rife Type = Live Album Artist = Foetus Corruptus Released = 1988 Recorded = ??? Genre = Industrial… …

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  • 18rife — adj. abounding in 1) (cannot stand alone) rife with (the city was rife with rumors) misc. 2) to run rife ( to be out of control ) (rumors about them are running rife) * * * [raɪf] [ misc. ] to run rife (rumors about them are running rife; to be… …

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  • 19rife — cauld·rife; rife·ly; rife·ness; wake·rife; wauk·rife; rife; wast·rife; stouth·rife; …

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  • 20rife — [[t]ra͟ɪf[/t]] ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ, oft ADJ with n If you say that something, usually something bad, is rife in a place or that the place is rife with it, you mean that it is very common. Speculation is rife that he will be sacked... Bribery… …

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