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verb Live v. t. 1.To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually; as, to live an idle or a useful life. 2.To act habitually in conformity with; to practice. "To live the Gospel." To live down, to live so as to subdue or refute; as, to live down slander.
Live v. i. (past & past part. lived; pres. part. living) 1.To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation for a continuance of existence; as, animals and plants that live to a great age are long in reaching maturity. "Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will... lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live." 2.To pass one's time; to pass life or time in a certain manner, as to habits, conduct, or circumstances; as, to live in ease or affluence; to live happily or usefully. "O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions!" 3.To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell; to reside; as, to live in a cottage by the sea. "Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years." 4.To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be permanent; to last; said of inanimate objects, ideas, etc. "Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water." 5.To enjoy or make the most of life; to be in a state of happiness; as, people want not just to exist, but to live. "What greater curse could envious fortune give Than just to die when I began to live?" 6.To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; with on; as, horses live on grass and grain. 7.To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or faith. "The just shall live by faith." 8.To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; with on or by; as, to live on spoils. "Those who live by labor." 9.To outlast danger; to float; said of a ship, boat, etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm. "A strong mast that lived upon the sea." To live out, to be at service; to live away from home as a servant. (U. S.) To live with. (a)To dwell or to be a lodger with. (b)To cohabit with; to have intercourse with, as male with female.
noun Living n. 1.The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence. "Health and living." 2.Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living; earnest living. " A vicious living." 3.Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate; as, to make a comfortable living from writing. "She can spin for her living." "He divided unto them his living." 4.Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living comfortably. "There is no living without trusting somebody or other in some cases." 5.The benefice of a clergyman; an ecclesiastical charge which a minister receives. (Eng.) "He could not get a deanery, a prebend, or even a living"
adjective Living adj. 1.Being alive; having life; as, a living creature. Opposed to dead. 2.Active; lively; vigorous; said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle. " Living hope. " 3.Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; opposed to stagnant. 4.Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening. "Living light." 5.Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live. "Then on the living coals wine they pour." Living force. See Vis viva, under Vis. Living gale (Naut.), a heavy gale. Living rock or Living stone, rock in its native or original state or location; rock not quarried. " I now found myself on a rude and narrow stairway, the steps of which were cut out of the living rock." The living, those who are alive, or one who is alive.
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