Definition of "alive"

I am hee that liueth, and was dead : and behold, I am aliue foꝛ euermoꝛe,Amen,and haue the keyes of hell and of death.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Rev 1:18

The Boyne, for a quarter of a mile, was alive with muskets and green boughs.

1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second

We may be sure that the Church would be alive to the dangers of allowing the plays to be performed outside the sacred edifice.

1925, Godfrey W. Mathews, The Chester Mystery Plays […] ., Liverpool: Edward Howell LTD, page 5

Smouch, requesting Mr. Pickwick in a surly manner ‘to be as alive as he could, for it was a busy time,’ drew up a chair by the door and sat there, until he had finished dressing.

1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837

Liverpool’s equaliser came within four minutes. James Milner swung the ball over from a corner on the right and Sadio Mané, Liverpool’s most dangerous player, was alive in the six-yard area.

2018 May 26, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London)‎

Though tremblingly alive to Nature's laws, Yet ever firm to Honour's sacred cause

1762, William Falconer, The Shipwreck

This was a reproach to John, and a slur upon the dog; and both were alive to their misfortune.

1887, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Pastoral”, in Memories and Portraits, New York: Charles Scribner, page 99

The Earl of Northumberland 'was the proudest man alive' and 'was in all his deportment a very great man.

1702, Edward Hyde Clarendon, The History of the Rebellion

I'm the toughest girl alive / I walked through the fire and I survived.

2000, Candye Kane (lyrics and music), “The Toughest Girl Alive”