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.
Vive \Vive\ (v[imac]v), a. [L. vivus: cf. F. vif. See {Vivid}.] Lively; animated; forcible. [Obs.] --Bacon.
A few years ago, French brought out Vive La Dijon! in an ornate jar with a crown engraved in the glass.
And from Taiwan, Tsai Ming-liang's Vive L'Amour, the 1994 Venice Golden Lion winner, maroons two youths and a girl in an untenanted apartment and watches their fantasies singly and collectively explode. Dangerous and original movies.