Rife \Rife\, a. [AS. r[imac]f abundant, or Icel. r[imac]fr
   munificent; akin to OD. riff, rijve, abundant.]
   1. Prevailing; prevalent; abounding.
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            Before the plague of London, inflammations of the
            lungs were rife and mortal.           --Arbuthnot.
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            Even now the tumult of loud mirth
            Was rife, and perfect in may listening ear.
                                                  --Milton.
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   2. Having power; active; nimble. [Obs.]
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            What! I am rife a little yet.         --J. Webster.
      [1913 Webster] -- Rife"ly, adv. -- Rife"ness, n.
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	rife
     adj 1: encountered generally especially at the present time; "the
            prevailing opinion was that a trade war could be
            averted"; "the most prevalent religion in our area";
            "speculation concerning the books author was rife"
            [syn: prevailing, prevalent]
     2: excessively abundant [syn: overabundant, plethoric]

	

	112 Moby Thesaurus words for "rife":
   abounding, abundant, affluent, afloat, alive with, all-sufficing,
   ample, aplenty, average, bandied about, besetting, bottomless,
   bounteous, bountiful, bristling, bruited about, bursting, common,
   copious, crawling, crowded, crowding, current, diffuse, dominant,
   effuse, epidemic, exhaustless, extravagant, exuberant, fat,
   fertile, flush, full, galore, generous, going about, going around,
   in circulation, in plenty, in profusion, in quantity, in the air,
   in the news, inexhaustible, jam-packed, jammed, lavish, liberal,
   luxuriant, made public, many, maximal, much, normal, numerous,
   opulent, ordinary, overflowing, packed, pandemic, plenitudinous,
   plenteous, plentiful, plenty, popular, populous, predominant,
   predominating, prevailing, prevalent, prodigal, productive,
   profuse, profusive, proliferating, prolific, rampant, regnant,
   reigning, replete, reported, rich, riotous, routine, ruling,
   rumored, running, running over, standard, stereotyped, studded,
   superabundant, swarming, talked about, teeming, thick,
   thick as hail, thick with, thick-coming, thronged, thronging,
   usual, wealthy, well-found, well-furnished, well-provided,
   well-stocked, whispered, whispered about, wholesale, widespread