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    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. lebēn, 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. λιπαρεῖν to persist, λιπαρός oily, shining, sleek, λίπος 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.
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      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.

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    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.
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      O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions!
      Ecclus. xli. 1. 

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    3. To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell; to reside; as, to live in a cottage by the sea.
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      Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years.
      Gen. xlvii. 28.

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    4. To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be permanent; to last; -- said of inanimate objects, ideas, etc.
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      Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
      We write in water.
      Shak.

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    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.
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      What greater curse could envious fortune give
      Than just to die when I began to live?
      Dryden.

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    6. To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; -- with on; as, horses live on grass and grain.
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    7. To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or faith.
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      The just shall live by faith.
      Gal. iii. ll.

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    8. To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; -- with on or by; as, to live on spoils.
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      Those who live by labor.
      Sir W. Temple.

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    9. To outlast danger; to float; -- said of a ship, boat, etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm.
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      A strong mast that lived upon the sea.
      Shak.

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      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.
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    Lived , a. Having life; -- used only in composition; as, long-lived; short-lived.
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