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verb

Live v. i. (past & past part. lived; pres. part. living)

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."

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!"

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."

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."

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?"

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."

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."

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."

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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Live out" Quotes from Famous Books

... every Roman Catholic country in Europe, met the same fate as befell, if monk chroniclers are to be trusted, the great majority of the Normans who fought at Hastings. 'The bloodthirsty and deceitful men did not live out half their days.' By their own passions, and by no miraculous Nemesis, they civilised themselves off the face of the earth; and to them succeeded, as to the conquerors at Hastings, a nobler and gentler type of invaders. During the first half of the ...

— At Last • Charles Kingsley

... skins stuffed out in the shape of little cylinders, so that at a short distance they look like curls. For something like a month of probation he wears these, then undergoes the rite. For ten days thereafter he and his companions, their heads daubed with clay and ashes, clad in long black robes, live out in the brush. They have no provision, but are privileged to steal what they need. At the end of the ten days they return to the manyattas. A three-day n'goma, or dance, now completes their transformation ...

— African Camp Fires • Stewart Edward White

... of both houses of the legislature are chosen by the people, and are called deputies. Only citizens who pay a certain amount of direct taxes can vote. The deputies who live out of the town in which the session is held are paid sixty-two dollars a month. They are elected for four years, half every two years. The political privileges of the people are only less than those of our ...

— Dikes and Ditches - Young America in Holland and Belguim • Oliver Optic

... pretend to live at Florence, and are not there much above two months in the year, what with going away for the summer and going away for the winter. It's too true. It's the drawback of Italy. To live in one place there is impossible for us, almost just as to live out of Italy at all, is impossible for us. It isn't caprice on our part. Siena pleases us very much—the silence and repose have been heavenly things to me, and the country is very pretty—though no more than pretty—nothing marked or romantic—no mountains, ...

— Life and Letters of Robert Browning • Mrs. Sutherland Orr

... spirit, though they say I did. I prayed first. I could not do that earnestly, and be selfish, I think. I cannot give up Frank. I know the disgrace; and if he, knowing all, thinks fit to give me up, I shall never say a word, but bow my head, and try and live out my appointed days quietly and cheerfully. But he is the judge, not you; nor have I any right to do what you ask me." She stopped, because the agitation took away ...

— The Moorland Cottage • Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

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