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a. [ OE. on live, AS. on līfe in life; līfe being dat. of līf life. See Life, and cf. Live, a. ] 1. Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a state of action; in force or operation; unextinguished; unexpired; existent; as, to keep the fire alive; to keep the affections alive. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings; swarming; thronged. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Boyne, for a quarter of a mile, was alive with muskets and green boughs. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Sprightly; lively; brisk. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Having susceptibility; easily impressed; having lively feelings, as opposed to apathy; sensitive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tremblingly alive to nature's laws. Falconer. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Of all living (by way of emphasis). [ 1913 Webster ]

Northumberland was the proudest man alive. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Used colloquially as an intensive; as, man alive! [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Alive always follows the noun which it qualifies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the condition of living or the state of being alive.
Syn. -- animation, life, living [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having animal life as distinguished from plant life. full of life
Syn. -- animateness, liveness [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. [ Cf. Live, a. ] Forthwith; speedily; quickly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. bilis bile + viridis green. Cf. Verdure. ] (Physiol.) A green pigment present in the bile, formed from bilirubin by oxidation. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ A contraction of Belive. ] Quickly; forthwith. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Corrupted fr. caliber. ] An early form of hand gun, a variety of the arquebus; originally a gun having a regular size of bore. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Cleavers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The liver of the common cod and allied species. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cod-liver oil, an oil obtained from the liver of the codfish, and used extensively in medicine as a means of supplying the body with fat in cases of malnutrition. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Delivered p. pr. & vb. n. Delivering. ] [ F. délivrer, LL. deliberare to liberate, give over, fr. L. de + liberare to set free. See Liberate. ] 1. To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or feared; -- often with from or out of; as, to deliver one from captivity, or from fear of death. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. Ezek. xxxiii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

Promise was that I
Should Israel from Philistian yoke deliver. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give or transfer; to yield possession or control of; to part with (to); to make over; to commit; to surrender; to resign; -- often with up or over, to or into. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand. Gen. xl. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

The constables have delivered her over. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The exalted mind
All sense of woe delivers to the wind. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make over to the knowledge of another; to communicate; to utter; to speak; to impart. [ 1913 Webster ]

Till he these words to him deliver might. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whereof the former delivers the precepts of the art, and the latter the perfection. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; as, to deliver a blow; to deliver a broadside, or a ball. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shaking his head and delivering some show of tears. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

An uninstructed bowler . . . thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward upon it. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; -- often with of. [ 1913 Webster ]

She was delivered safe and soon. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few verses, and those poor ones. Peacham. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To discover; to show. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I 'll deliver
Myself your loyal servant. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To deliberate. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. To admit; to allow to pass. [ Obs. ] Bacon.

Syn. -- To Deliver, Give Forth, Discharge, Liberate, Pronounce, Utter. Deliver denotes, literally, to set free. Hence the term is extensively applied to cases where a thing is made to pass from a confined state to one of greater freedom or openness. Hence it may, in certain connections, be used as synonymous with any or all of the above-mentioned words, as will be seen from the following examples: One who delivers a package gives it forth; one who delivers a cargo discharges it; one who delivers a captive liberates him; one who delivers a message or a discourse utters or pronounces it; when soldiers deliver their fire, they set it free or give it forth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. delivre free, unfettered. See Deliver, v. t. ] Free; nimble; sprightly; active. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Wonderly deliver and great of strength. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being, or about to be, delivered; necessary to be delivered. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. délivrance, fr. délivrer. ] 1. The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive. [ 1913 Webster ]

He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives. Luke iv. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

One death or one deliverance we will share. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Act of bringing forth children. [ Archaic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Act of speaking; utterance. [ Archaic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In this and in the preceding sense delivery is the word more commonly used. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The state of being delivered, or freed from restraint. [ 1913 Webster ]

I do desire deliverance from these officers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Anything delivered or communicated; esp., an opinion or decision expressed publicly. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Metaph.) Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who delivers or rescues; a preserver. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who relates or communicates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female deliverer. [ R. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Actively; quickly; nimbly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Swim with your bodies,
And carry it sweetly and deliverly. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Nimbleness; agility. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Deliveries 1. The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of delivering up or over; surrender; transfer of the body or substance of a thing; distribution; as, the delivery of a fort, of hostages, of a criminal, of goods, of letters. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery; a clear delivery. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The act of exerting one's strength or limbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neater limbs and freer delivery. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive of life. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Telemachus dislived Amphimedon. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. en- + live, a. ] To enliven. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall.

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enlivened p. pr. & vb. n. Enlivening ] [ Pref. en- + liven. ]. 1. To give life, action, or motion to; to make vigorous or active; to excite; to quicken; as, fresh fuel enlivens a fire. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lo! of themselves th' enlivened chessmen move. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give spirit or vivacity to; to make sprightly, gay, or cheerful; to animate; as, mirth and good humor enliven a company; enlivening strains of music.

Syn. -- To animate; rouse; inspire; cheer; encourage; comfort; exhilarate; inspirit; invigorate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, enlivens, animates, or invigorates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who gratifies his physical appetites without stint; one given to indulgence in eating and drinking. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A kind of Scotch whisky, named from the district in which it was first made. W. E. Aytoun. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of an excitable or irritable temperament; irascible. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Leading a wicked life. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To animate. [ R. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. White-livered; cowardly. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. lebēn, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions! Ecclus. xli. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell; to reside; as, to live in a cottage by the sea. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. Gen. xlvii. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be permanent; to last; -- said of inanimate objects, ideas, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

What greater curse could envious fortune give
Than just to die when I began to live? Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; -- with on; as, horses live on grass and grain. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or faith. [ 1913 Webster ]

The just shall live by faith. Gal. iii. ll. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; -- with on or by; as, to live on spoils. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those who live by labor. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. To outlast danger; to float; -- said of a ship, boat, etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm. [ 1913 Webster ]

A strong mast that lived upon the sea. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually; as, to live an idle or a useful life. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To act habitually in conformity with; to practice. [ 1913 Webster ]

To live the Gospel. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

To live down, to live so as to subdue or refute; as, to live down slander. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Abbreviated from alive. See Alive, Life. ] 1. Having life; alive; living; not dead. [ 1913 Webster ]

If one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it. Ex. xxi. 35. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties; as, a live coal; live embers. “ The live ether.” Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a live man, or orator. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Vivid; bright. “ The live carnation.” Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Engin.) Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe; live steam. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Elec.) Connected to a voltage source; as, a live wire. [ PJC ]

7. (Broadcasting) Being transmitted instantaneously, as events occur, in contrast to recorded. [ PJC ]

8. (Sport) Still in active play; -- of a ball being used in a game; as, a live ball. [ PJC ]

9. Pertaining to an entertainment event which was performed (and possibly recorded) in front of an audience; contrasted to performances recorded in a studio without an audience. [ PJC ]

Live birth, the condition of being born in such a state that acts of life are manifested after the extrusion of the whole body. Dunglison. --
Live box, a cell for holding living objects under microscopical examination. P. H. Gosse. --
Live feathers, feathers which have been plucked from the living bird, and are therefore stronger and more elastic. --
Live gang. (Sawing) See under Gang. --
Live grass (Bot.), a grass of the genus Eragrostis. --
Live load (Engin.), a suddenly applied load; a varying load; a moving load; as a moving train of cars on a bridge, or wind pressure on a roof.
Live oak (Bot.), a species of oak (Quercus virens), growing in the Southern States, of great durability, and highly esteemed for ship timber. In California the Quercus chrysolepis and some other species are also called live oaks. --
Live ring (Engin.), a circular train of rollers upon which a swing bridge, or turntable, rests, and which travels around a circular track when the bridge or table turns. --
Live steam , steam direct from the boiler, used for any purpose, in distinction from exhaust steam. --
Live stock, horses, cattle, and other domestic animals kept on a farm. whole body. --
live wire (a) (Elec.) a wire connected to a power source, having a voltage potential; -- used esp. of a power line with a high potential relative to ground, capable of harming a person who touches it. (b) (Fig.) a person who is unusually active, alert, or aggressive. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. Life. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

On live, in life; alive. [ Obs. ] See Alive. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as livable; as, liveable conditions. Opposite of unlivable. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Any fish of the family Poeciliiidae, small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters, often used in mosquito control.
Syn. -- topminnow, poeciliid fish, poeciliid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having life; -- used only in composition; as, long-lived; short-lived. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having residents; as, a house with a lived-in look.
Syn. -- inhabited, tenanted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) A plant (Sedum Telephium) with fleshy leaves, which has extreme powers of resisting drought; garden ox-pine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Livelihood. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. livelode, liflode, prop., course of life, life's support, maintenance, fr. AS. līf life + lād road, way, maintenance. Confused with livelihood liveliness. See Life, and Lode. ] Subsistence or living, as dependent on some means of support; the means for support of life; maintenance. [ 1913 Webster ]

The opportunities of gaining an honest livelihood. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is their profession and livelihood to get their living by practices for which they deserve to forfeit their lives. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Lively + -hood. ] Liveliness; appearance of life. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a lively manner. [ Obs. ] Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Lively. ] 1. The quality or state of being lively or animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; as, the liveliness of youth, contrasted with the gravity of age. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An appearance of life, animation, or spirit; as, the liveliness of the eye or the countenance in a portrait. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Briskness; activity; effervescence, as of liquors. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Sprightliness; gayety; animation; vivacity; smartness; briskness; activity. -- Liveliness, Gayety, Animation, Vivacity. Liveliness is an habitual feeling of life and interest; gayety refers more to a temporary excitement of the animal spirits; animation implies a warmth of emotion and a corresponding vividness of expressing it, awakened by the presence of something which strongly affects the mind; vivacity is a feeling between liveliness and animation, having the permanency of the one, and, to some extent, the warmth of the other. Liveliness of imagination; gayety of heart; animation of countenance; vivacity of gesture or conversation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 1st Livelihood. ] Course of life; means of support; livelihood. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ For lifelong. Cf. Lifelong. ] 1. Whole; entire; long in passing; -- used of time, as day or night, in adverbial phrases, and usually with a sense of tediousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The obscure bird
Clamored the livelong night. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

How could she sit the livelong day,
Yet never ask us once to play? Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lasting; durable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou hast built thyself a livelong monument. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Livelier superl. Liveliest. ] [ For lifely. Cf. Lifelike. ] 1. Endowed with or manifesting life; living. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively flowers and leaves. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Brisk; vivacious; active; as, a lively youth. [ 1913 Webster ]

But wherefore comes old Manoa in such haste,
With youthful steps ? Much livelier than erewhile
He seems. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Gay; airy; animated; spirited. [ 1913 Webster ]

From grave to gay, from lively to severe. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Representing life; lifelike. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I spied the lively picture of my father. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Bright; vivid; glowing; strong; vigorous. [ 1913 Webster ]

The colors of the prism are manifestly more full, intense, and lively that those of natural bodies. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

His faith must be not only living, but lively too. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lively stones (Script.), saints, as being quickened by the Spirit, and active in holiness.

Syn. -- Brisk; vigorous; quick; nimble; smart; active; alert; sprightly; animated; spirited; prompt; earnest; strong; energetic; vivid; vivacious; blithe; gleeful; airy; gay; jocund. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a brisk, active, or animated manner; briskly; vigorously. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With strong resemblance of life. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou counterfeitest most lively. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. to make lively; -- sometimes used with up; as, to liven up the party with some music.
Syn. -- enliven, liven up, make lively, invigorate, animate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The quality of having animal life as distinguished from plant life.
Syn. -- animateness, aliveness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, lives. [ 1913 Webster ]

And try if life be worth the liver's care. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A resident; a dweller; as, a liver in Brooklyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One whose course of life has some marked characteristic (expressed by an adjective); as, a free liver. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fast liver, one who lives in an extravagant and dissipated way. --
Free liver,
Good liver, one given to the pleasures of the table. --
Loose liver, a person who lives a somewhat dissolute life. [ 1913 Webster ]