Live \Live\ (l[i^]v), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lived (l[i^]vd); 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.
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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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