Part 6517

<blockquote>Full nature swarms with <b>life</b>. <i>Thomson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>11.</b> <def>An essential constituent of life, esp: the blood.</def>

<blockquote>The words that I speak unto you . . . they are <b>life</b>. <i>John vi. 63.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The warm <b>life</b> came issuing through the wound. <i>Pope</i></blockquote>

<p><b>12.</b> <def>A history of the acts and events of a life; a biography; <as>as, Johnson wrote the <ex>life</ex> of Milton</as>.</def>

<p><b>13.</b> <def>Enjoyment in the right use of the powers; especially, a spiritual existence; happiness in the favor of God; heavenly felicity.</def>

<p><b>14.</b> <def>Something dear to one as one's existence; a darling; -- used as a term of endearment.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Life</i> forms the first part of many compounds, for the most part of obvious meaning; as, <i>life-</i>giving, <i>life-</i>sustaining, etc.</note>

<cs><col>Life annuity</col>, <cd>an annuity payable during one's life.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Life arrow</col>, <col>Life rocket</col>, <col>Life shot</col></mcol>, <cd>an arrow, rocket, or shot, for carrying an attached line to a vessel in distress in order to save life.</cd> -- <col>Life assurance</col>. See <cref>Life insurance</cref>, below. <-- no life boat?--> -- <col>Life buoy</col></mcol>. <cd>See <er>Buoy</er>.</cd> -- <col>Life car</col>, <cd>a water-tight boat or box, traveling on a line from a wrecked vessel to the shore. In it person are hauled through the waves and surf.</cd> -- <col>Life drop</col>, <cd>a drop of vital blood. <i>Byron</i>.</cd> -- <col>Life estate</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>an estate which is held during the term of some certain person's life, but does not pass by inheritance.</cd> -- <col>Life everlasting</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a plant with white or yellow persistent scales about the heads of the flowers, as <spn>Antennaria</spn>, and <spn>Gnaphalium</spn>; cudweed.</cd> -- <col>Life of an execution</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>the period when an execution is in force, or before it expires.</cd> -- <col>Life guard</col>. <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Guard</er>.</cd> -- <col>Life insurance</col>, <cd>the act or system of insuring against death; a contract by which the insurer undertakes, in consideration of the payment of a premium (usually at stated periods), to pay a stipulated sum in the event of the death of the insured or of a third person in whose life the insured has an interest.</cd> -- <col>Life interest</col>, <cd>an estate or interest which lasts during one's life, or the life of another person, but does not pass by inheritance.</cd> -- <col>Life land</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>land held by lease for the term of a life or lives.</cd> -- <col>Life line</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>A line along any part of a vessel for the security of sailors</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A line attached to a life boat, or to any life saving apparatus, to be grasped by a person in the water.</cd> -- <col>Life rate</col>, <cd>rate of premium for insuring a life.</cd> -- <col>Life rent</col>, <cd>the rent of a life estate; rent or property to which one is entitled during one's life.</cd> -- <col>Life school</col>, <cd>a school for artists in which they model, paint, or draw from living models.</cd> -- <col>Lifetable</col>, <cd>a table showing the probability of life at different ages.</cd> -- <col>To lose one's life</col>, <cd>to die.</cd> -- <col>To seek the life of</col>, <cd>to seek to kill.</cd> -- <col>To the life</col>, <cd>so as closely to resemble the living person or the subject; <as>as, the portrait was drawn <ex>to the life<ex></as>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lifeblood</h1> <Xpage=850>

<hw>Life"blood`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The blood necessary to life; vital blood.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: That which gives strength and energy.</def>

<blockquote>Money the <b>lifeblood</b> of the nation. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lifeboat</h1> <Xpage=850>

<hw>Life"boat`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people.</def>

<h1>Lifeful</h1> <Xpage=850>

<hw>Life"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of vitality.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Life-giving</h1> <Xpage=850>

<hw>Life"-giv`ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Giving life or spirit; having power to give life; inspiriting; invigorating.</def>

<h1>Lifehold</h1> <Xpage=850>

<hw>Life"hold`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Land held by a life estate.</def>

<h1>Lifeless</h1> <Xpage=850>

<hw>Life"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; <as>as, a <ex>lifeless</ex> carcass; <ex>lifeless</ex> matter; a <ex>lifeless</ex> desert; a <ex>lifeless</ex> wine; a <ex>lifeless</ex> story.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>Life"less*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Life"less*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<syn>Syn. -- Dead; soulless; inanimate; torpid; inert; inactive; dull; heavy; unanimated; spiritless; frigid; pointless; vapid; flat; tasteless.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Lifeless</er>, <er>Dull</er>, <er>Inanimate</er>, <er>Dead</er>. In a moral sense, <i>lifeless</i> denotes a want of vital energy; <i>inanimate</i>, a want of expression as to any feeling that may be possessed; <i>dull</i> implies a torpor of soul which checks all mental activity; <i>dead</i> supposes a destitution of feeling. A person is said to be <i>lifeless</i> who has lost the spirits which he once had; he is said to be <i>inanimate</i> when he is naturally wanting in spirits; one is <i>dull</i> from an original deficiency of mental power; he who is <i>dead</i> to moral sentiment is wholly bereft of the highest attribute of his nature.</usage>

<h1>Lifelike</h1> <Xpage=850>

<hw>Life"like`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Lively</er>.]</ety> <def>Like a living being; resembling life; giving an accurate representation; <as>as, a <ex>lifelike</ex> portrait</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Life"like`ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>