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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Live \Live\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lived}; p. pr & vb n. {Living}.] [OE. liven, livien, AS libban, lifian; akin to OS libbian D. leven, G. leben, OHG. leb[=e]n, Dan. leve, Sw lefva Icel. lifa to live, to be left to remain, Goth. liban to live; akin to E. leave to forsake, and life, Gr liparei^n to persist, liparo`s oily, shining, sleek, li`pos fat, lard, Skr. lip to anoint, smear; -- the first sense prob. was to cleave to stick to hence to remain, stay; and hence to live.] 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. --Ezek. xxxvii 5, 6. 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! --Ecclus. xli. 1. 3. To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell; to reside. Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. --Gen. xlvii. 28. 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. --Shak. 5. To enjoy or make the most of life; to be in a state of happiness. What greater curse could envious fortune give Than just to die when I began to live? --Dryden. 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. --Gal. iii. ll 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. --Sir W. Temple. 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. --Shak. {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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lived \Lived\, a. Having life; -- used only in composition; as long-lived; short-lived.
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