i Register
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adj
Widespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things).
Smallpox was rife after the siege had been lifted.
Before the plague of London, inflammations of the lungs were rife and mortal.
Abounding; present in large numbers, plentiful.
Red deer are rife in these woodlands.
Seeds are rife in a watermelon.
Full of (mostly unpleasant or harmful things).
Many post-colonial governments were rife with lawlessness and corruption.
They will have to reflect on a seventh successive defeat in a European final while Chelsea try to make sense of an eccentric season rife with controversy and bad feeling but once again one finishing on an exhilarating high.
Having power; active; nimble.
What! I am rife a little yet.
adv
Plentifully, abundantly.
The snowdrops grow rife on the slopes of Mount Pembroke.