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Live

Definition

verb

(1) To be alive; have life; to possess the capacity and the characteristic of life

(2) To dwell; to exist, inhabit, or flourish in a particular place

(3) To subsist or be nourished with

(4) to depend its existence on

(5) To desire to survive; to survive

adjective

(1) Possessing life

(2) Characterized by life (e.g live births)

(3) Containing organisms (living or attenuated)


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Word origin: From Old English libban, lifian (to live)

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