Part 6592

<h1>Livable</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Liv"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Such as can be lived.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Such as in pleasant to live in; fit or suitable to live in.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>A more delightful or <b>livable</b> region is not easily to be found. <i>T. Arnold.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Live</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Live</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lived</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Living</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>liven</ets>, <ets>livien</ets>, AS. <ets>libban</ets>, <ets>lifian</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>libbian</ets>, D. <ets>leven</ets>, G. <ets>leben</ets>, OHG. <ets>leb</ets><?/<ets>n</ets>, Dan. <ets>leve</ets>, Sw. <ets>lefva</ets>, Icel. <ets>lifa</ets> to live, to be left, to remain, Goth. <ets>liban</ets> to live; akin to E. <ets>leave</ets> to forsake, and <ets>life</ets>, Gr. <?/ to persist, <?/ oily, shining, sleek, <?/ fat, lard, Skr. <ets>lip</ets> to anoint, smear; -- the first sense prob. was, to cleave to, stick to; hence, to remain, stay; and hence, to live.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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>as, animals and plants that <ex>live</ex> to a great age are long in reaching maturity</as>.</def>

<blockquote>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 <b>live</b>. <i>Ezek. xxxvii. 5, 6.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To pass one's time; to pass life or time in a certain manner, as to habits, conduct, or circumstances; <as>as, to <ex>live</ex> in ease or affluence; to <ex>live</ex> happily or usefully.</as></def>

<blockquote>O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that <b>liveth</b> at rest in his possessions! <i>Ecclus. xli. 1. </i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell; to reside.</def>

<blockquote>Jacob <b>lived</b> in the land of Egypt seventeen years. <i>Gen. xlvii. 28.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be permanent; to last; -- said of inanimate objects, ideas, etc.</def>

<blockquote>Men's evil manners <b>live</b> in brass; their virtues We write in water. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To enjoy or make the most of life; to be in a state of happiness.</def>

<blockquote>What greater curse could envious fortune give Than just to die when I began to <b>live</b>? <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; -- with <i>on</i>; <as>as, horses <ex>live</ex> on grass and grain</as>.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or faith.</def>

<blockquote>The just shall <b>live</b> by faith. <i>Gal. iii. ll.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; -- with <i>on</i> or <i>by</i>; <as>as, to <ex>live</ex> on spoils</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Those who <b>live</b> by labor. <i>Sir W. Temple.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>To outlast danger; to float; -- said of a ship, boat, etc.; <as>as, no ship could <ex>live</ex> in such a storm</as>.</def>

<blockquote>A strong mast that <b>lived</b> upon the sea. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To live out</col>, <cd>to be at service; to live away from home as a servant.</cd> <mark>[U. S.]</mark> -- <col>To live with</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To dwell or to be a lodger with</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To cohabit with; to have intercourse with, as male with female.</cd></cs>

<h1>Live</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Live</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually; <as>as, to <ex>live</ex> an idle or a useful life</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>live</b> the Gospel. <i>Foxe.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To live down</col>, <cd>to live so as to subdue or refute; as, <i>to live down<i> slander.</cd></cs>