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Live \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. 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.

            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.

            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.                       --Shak.

   5. To enjoy or make the most of life; to be in a state of
      happiness.

            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. --Shak.

   {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.