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Webster 1913 Edition

Live

Live

(lĭv)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lived
(lĭvd)
;
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
.
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;
as, to
live
in a cottage by the sea
.
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.
Shakespeare
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
?
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.
Shakespeare
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.

Live

(lĭv)
,
Verb.
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.
Foxe.
To live down
,
to live so as to subdue or refute; as, to live down slander.

Live

(līv)
,
Adj.
[Abbreviated from
alive
. See
Alive
,
Life
.]
1.
Having life; alive; living; not dead.
If one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the
live
ox, and divide the money of it.
Ex. xxi. 35.
2.
Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties;
as, a
live
coal;
live
embers.
“ The live ether.”
Thomson.
3.
Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing;
as, a
live
man, or orator
.
4.
Vivid; bright.
“ The live carnation.”
Thomson.
5.
(Engin.)
Imparting power; having motion;
as, the
live
spindle of a lathe;
live
steam
.

Live

(līv)
,
Noun.
Life.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
On live
,
in life; alive.
[Obs.]
See
Alive
.
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Live

LIVE

,
Verb.
I.
liv.
1.
To abide; to dwell; to have settled residence in any place. Where do you live? I live in London. He lives in Philadelphia. He lives in a large house on Second street. The Swiss live on mountains. The Bedouin Arabs live in the dessert.
2.
To continue; to be permanent; not to perish.
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water.
3.
To be animated; to have the vital principle; to have the bodily functions in operation, or in a capacity to operate, as respiration, circulation of blood, secretions, &c.; applied to animals.
I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? Gen. 45.
4.
To have the principles of vegetable life; to be in a state in which the organs do or may perform their functions in the circulation of sap and in growth; applied to plants. This tree will not live, unless watered; it will not live through the winter.
5.
To pass life or time in a particular manner, with regard to habits or condition. In what manner does your son live? Does he live according to the dictates of reason and the precepts of religion?
If we act by several broken views, we shall live and die in misery.
6.
To continue in life. The way to live long is to be temperate.
7.
To live, emphatically; to enjoy life; to be in a state of happiness.
What greater curse could envious fortune give, than just to die, when I began to live?
8.
To feed; to subsist; to be nourished and supported in life; as, horses live on grass or grain; fowls live on seeds or insects; some kinds of fish live on others; carnivorous animals live on flesh.
9.
To subsist; to be maintained in life; to be supported. Many of the clergy are obliged to live on small salaries. All men in health may live by industry with economy, yet some men live by robbery.
10.
To remain undestroyed; to float; not to sink or founder. It must be a good ship that lives at sea in a hurricane.
Nor can our shaken vessels live at sea.
11.
To exist; to have being.
As I live, saith the Lord - Ezek. 18.
12.
In Scripture, to be exempt from death, temporal or spiritual.
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them. Lev. 18.
13.
To recover from sickness; to have life prolonged.
Thy son liveth. John 4.
14.
To be inwardly quickened, nourished and actuated by divine influence or faith. Gal. 2.
15.
To be greatly refreshed, comforted and animated.
For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord. 1Thess. 3.
16.
To appear as in life or reality; to be manifest in real character.
And all the writer lives in every line.
1.
To live with, to dwell or to be a lodger with.
2.
To cohabit; to have intercourse, as male and female.

LIVE

,
Verb.
T.
liv.
1.
To continue in constantly or habitually; as, to live a life of ease.
2.
To act habitually in conformity to.
It is not enough to say prayers, unless they live them too.

LIVE

, a.
1.
Having life; having respiration and other organic functions in operation, or in a capacity to operate; not dead; as a live ox.
2.
Having vegetable life; as a live plant.
3.
Containing fire; ignited; not extinct; as a live coal.
4.
Vivid, as color.

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