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living
(mass) | living
- žijúci, živý, obývací, životný, žitie, živobytie |
living
(encz) | living,obývací Pavel Machek; Giza |
living
(encz) | living,žijící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
living
(encz) | living,žití Zdeněk Brož |
living
(encz) | living,živobytí Zdeněk Brož |
living
(encz) | living,živoucí adj: Zdeněk Brož |
living
(encz) | living,živý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Living
(gcide) | Live \Live\ (l[i^]v), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lived (l[i^]vd); 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.
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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.
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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.
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O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a
man that liveth at rest in his possessions!
--Ecclus. xli.
1.
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3. To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell;
to reside; as, to live in a cottage by the sea.
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Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years.
--Gen. xlvii.
28.
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4. To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be
permanent; to last; -- said of inanimate objects, ideas,
etc.
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Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water. --Shak.
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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.
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What greater curse could envious fortune give
Than just to die when I began to live? --Dryden.
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6. To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; -- with
on; as, horses live on grass and grain.
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7. To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished,
and actuated by divine influence or faith.
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The just shall live by faith. --Gal. iii.
ll.
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8. To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to
subsist; -- with on or by; as, to live on spoils.
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Those who live by labor. --Sir W.
Temple.
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9. To outlast danger; to float; -- said of a ship, boat,
etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm.
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A strong mast that lived upon the sea. --Shak.
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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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Living
(gcide) | Living \Liv"ing\ (l[i^]v"[i^]ng), a. [From Live, v. i.]
1. Being alive; having life; as, a living creature. Opposed
to dead.
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2. Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the
mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living
faith; a living principle. " Living hope. " --Wyclif.
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3. Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as,
a living spring; -- opposed to stagnant.
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4. Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening.
"Living light." --Shak.
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5. Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live.
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Then on the living coals wine they pour. --Dryden.
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Living force. See Vis viva, under Vis.
Living gale (Naut.), a heavy gale.
Living rock or Living stone, rock in its native or
original state or location; rock not quarried. " I now
found myself on a rude and narrow stairway, the steps of
which were cut out of the living rock." --Moore.
The living, those who are alive, or one who is alive.
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Living
(gcide) | Living \Liv"ing\, n.
1. The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life;
existence. "Health and living." --Shak.
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2. Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living;
earnest living. " A vicious living." --Chaucer.
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3. Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate; as, to make a
comfortable living from writing.
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She can spin for her living. --Shak.
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He divided unto them his living. --Luke xv. 12.
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4. Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living
comfortably.
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There is no living without trusting somebody or
other in some cases. --L' Estrange.
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5. The benefice of a clergyman; an ecclesiastical charge
which a minister receives. [Eng.]
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He could not get a deanery, a prebend, or even a
living --Macaulay.
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living
(wn) | living
adj 1: pertaining to living persons; "within living memory"
2: true to life; lifelike; "the living image of her mother"
3: (informal) absolute; "she is a living doll"; "scared the
living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of
him"
4: still in existence; "the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a
surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long
extinct and therefore known as a living fossil"; "the only
surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania" [syn:
surviving, living]
5: still in active use; "a living language"
6: (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place;
not mined or quarried; "carved into the living stone";
n 1: the experience of being alive; the course of human events
and activities; "he could no longer cope with the
complexities of life" [syn: life, living]
2: people who are still living; "save your pity for the living"
[ant: dead]
3: the condition of living or the state of being alive; "while
there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical
and physical processes" [syn: animation, life, living,
aliveness]
4: the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was
expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for
support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood" [syn:
support, keep, livelihood, living, {bread and
butter}, sustenance] |
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costofliving
(mass) | cost-of-living
- náklady na bývanie, životné náklady |
clean-living
(encz) | clean-living,cudný adj: Zdeněk Brožclean-living,čistý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
cost of living
(encz) | cost of living,životní náklady Zdeněk Brož |
cost of living allowance
(encz) | cost of living allowance, |
cost-of-living allowance
(encz) | cost-of-living allowance, n: |
cost-of-living benefit
(encz) | cost-of-living benefit, n: |
cost-of-living index
(encz) | cost-of-living index, n: |
eke out a living
(encz) | eke out a living, |
everliving
(encz) | everliving,nesmrtelný adj: Petr Menšíkeverliving,věčně žijící adj: Petr Menšík |
free living
(encz) | free living,požitkářství n: Zdeněk Brož |
free-living
(encz) | free-living,požitkářství n: Zdeněk Brož |
level of living
(encz) | level of living,životní úroveň n: Žaneta Veselková |
living accommodations
(encz) | living accommodations, n: |
living arrangement
(encz) | living arrangement, n: |
living death
(encz) | living death, n: |
living granite
(encz) | living granite, n: |
living quarters
(encz) | living quarters, n: |
living rock
(encz) | living rock, n: |
living room
(encz) | living room,obývací pokoj living room,obývák [hovor.] |
living space
(encz) | living space, n: |
living standard
(encz) | living standard,životní úroveň |
living standards
(encz) | living standards,životní úroveň |
living stone
(encz) | living stone, n: |
living substance
(encz) | living substance, n: |
living thing
(encz) | living thing, n: |
living together
(encz) | living together, n: |
living trust
(encz) | living trust, n: |
living wage
(encz) | living wage,existenční minimum Zdeněk Brožliving wage,životní minimum Zdeněk Brož |
living will
(encz) | living will,rozhodnutí, zda udržovat při životě na přístrojích, nebo
ne n: [amer.] [práv.] právní dokument, osobní rozhodnutí Ritchie |
living-room
(encz) | living-room, n: |
livingroom
(encz) | livingroom, |
livingroom set
(encz) | livingroom set, n: |
livingroom suite
(encz) | livingroom suite, n: |
livingston
(encz) | Livingston,Livingston n: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
livingstone
(encz) | Livingstone,Livingstone n: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Zambie Zdeněk Brož
a automatický překlad |
livingstone daisy
(encz) | livingstone daisy, n: |
make a living
(encz) | make a living,starat se o živobytí [fráz.] Zdeněk Brožmake a living,vydělávat si na živobytí [fráz.] Ivan Masár |
minimum living wage
(encz) | minimum living wage, |
nonliving
(encz) | nonliving,nežijící |
outliving
(encz) | outliving, |
reliving
(encz) | reliving, |
standard of living
(encz) | standard of living,životní standard Zdeněk Brožstandard of living,životní úroveň Zdeněk Brož |
standards of living
(encz) | standards of living,životní úroveň [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
the living daylights
(encz) | the living daylights, |
the living dead
(encz) | the living dead, n: |
the living end
(encz) | the living end, |
tree-living
(encz) | tree-living, adj: |
livingston
(czen) | Livingston,Livingstonn: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
livingstone
(czen) | Livingstone,Livingstonen: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Zambie Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
person of opposite sex sharing living quarters
(czen) | Person of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters,POSSLQ[zkr.] |
the living god
(czen) | The Living God,TLG[zkr.] |
Church living
(gcide) | Church \Church\ (ch[^u]rch), n. [OE. chirche, chireche, cherche,
Scot. kirk, from AS. circe, cyrice; akin to D. kerk, Icel.
kirkja, Sw. kyrka, Dan. kirke, G. kirche, OHG. chirihha; all
fr. Gr. kyriako`n the Lord's house, fr. kyriako`s concerning
a master or lord, fr. ky`rios master, lord, fr. ky^ros power,
might; akin to Skr. [,c][=u]ra hero, Zend. [,c]ura strong,
OIr. caur, cur, hero. Cf. Kirk.]
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1. A building set apart for Christian worship.
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2. A Jewish or heathen temple. [Obs.] --Acts xix. 37.
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3. A formally organized body of Christian believers
worshiping together. "When they had ordained them elders
in every church." --Acts xiv. 23.
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4. A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed,
observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same
ecclesiastical authority; a denomination; as, the Roman
Catholic church; the Presbyterian church.
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5. The collective body of Christians.
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6. Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church
of Brahm.
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7. The aggregate of religious influences in a community;
ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array
the power of the church against some moral evil.
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Remember that both church and state are properly the
rulers of the people, only because they are their
benefactors. --Bulwer.
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Note: Church is often used in composition to denote something
belonging or relating to the church; as, church
authority; church history; church member; church music,
etc.
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Apostolic church. See under Apostolic.
Broad church. See Broad Church.
Catholic church or Universal church, the whole body of
believers in Christ throughout the world.
Church of England, or English church, the Episcopal
church established and endowed in England by law.
Church living, a benefice in an established church.
Church militant. See under Militant.
Church owl (Zool.), the white owl. See Barn owl.
Church rate, a tax levied on parishioners for the
maintenance of the church and its services.
Church session. See under Session.
Church triumphant. See under Triumphant.
Church work, work on, or in behalf of, a church; the work
of a particular church for the spread of religion.
Established church, the church maintained by the civil
authority; a state church.
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clean-living
(gcide) | clean-living \clean-living\ adj.
living in a manner above moral reproach; especially,
abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse and excessive
drunkenness.
Syn: chaste.
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Everliving
(gcide) | Everliving \Ev`er*liv"ing\, a.
1. Living always; immoral; eternal; as, the everliving God.
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2. Continual; incessant; unintermitted.
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Free-living
(gcide) | Free-living \Free"-liv`ing\, n.
Unrestrained indulgence of the appetites as a way of life.
[1913 Webster]free-living \free-living\ adj. (Biology)
Living independently of other organisms; not parasitic or
commensal.
Note: eating other organisms is not considered "dependence"
in this sense.
Syn: nonparasitic, nonsymbiotic.
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free-living
(gcide) | Free-living \Free"-liv`ing\, n.
Unrestrained indulgence of the appetites as a way of life.
[1913 Webster]free-living \free-living\ adj. (Biology)
Living independently of other organisms; not parasitic or
commensal.
Note: eating other organisms is not considered "dependence"
in this sense.
Syn: nonparasitic, nonsymbiotic.
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High living
(gcide) | High \High\, a. [Compar. Higher; superl. Highest.] [OE.
high, hegh, hey, heh, AS. he['a]h, h?h; akin to OS. h?h,
OFries. hag, hach, D. hoog, OHG. h?h, G. hoch, Icel. h?r, Sw.
h["o]g, Dan. h["o]i, Goth. hauhs, and to Icel. haugr mound,
G. h["u]gel hill, Lith. kaukaras.]
1. Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a
line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or
extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as,
a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high.
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2. Regarded as raised up or elevated; distinguished;
remarkable; conspicuous; superior; -- used indefinitely or
relatively, and often in figurative senses, which are
understood from the connection; as
(a) Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or
intellectual; pre["e]minent; honorable; as, high aims,
or motives. "The highest faculty of the soul."
--Baxter.
(b) Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or
in rank, reputation, office, and the like; dignified;
as, she was welcomed in the highest circles.
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He was a wight of high renown. --Shak.
(c) Of noble birth; illustrious; as, of high family.
(d) Of great strength, force, importance, and the like;
strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes,
triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as, a high
wind; high passions. "With rather a high manner."
--Thackeray.
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Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
--Ps. lxxxix.
13.
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Can heavenly minds such high resentment show?
--Dryden.
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(e) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount;
grand; noble.
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Both meet to hear and answer such high things.
--Shak.
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Plain living and high thinking are no more.
--Wordsworth.
(f) Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods
at a high price.
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If they must be good at so high a rate, they
know they may be safe at a cheaper. --South.
(g) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; --
used in a bad sense.
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An high look and a proud heart . . . is sin.
--Prov. xxi.
4.
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His forces, after all the high discourses,
amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot.
--Clarendon.
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3. Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or
superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i.
e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy)
seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e.,
deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough)
scholarship, etc.
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High time it is this war now ended were. --Spenser.
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High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies.
--Baker.
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4. (Cookery) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures
do not cook game before it is high.
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5. (Mus.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to grave or low; as,
a high note.
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6. (Phon.) Made with a high position of some part of the
tongue in relation to the palate, as [=e] ([=e]ve), [=oo]
(f[=oo]d). See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 10,
11.
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High admiral, the chief admiral.
High altar, the principal altar in a church.
High and dry, out of water; out of reach of the current or
tide; -- said of a vessel, aground or beached.
High and mighty arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.]
High art, art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects
and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all
meretricious display.
High bailiff, the chief bailiff.
High Church, & Low Church, two ecclesiastical parties in
the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church.
The high-churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the apostolic
succession, and hold, in general, to a sacramental
presence in the Eucharist, to baptismal regeneration, and
to the sole validity of Episcopal ordination. They attach
much importance to ceremonies and symbols in worship.
Low-churchmen lay less stress on these points, and, in
many instances, reject altogether the peculiar tenets of
the high-church school. See Broad Church.
High constable (Law), a chief of constabulary. See
Constable, n., 2.
High commission court, a court of ecclesiastical
jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal
power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. On account of the abuse
of its powers it was abolished in 1641.
High day (Script.), a holy or feast day. --John xix. 31.
High festival (Eccl.), a festival to be observed with full
ceremonial.
High German, or High Dutch. See under German.
High jinks, an old Scottish pastime; hence, noisy revelry;
wild sport. [Colloq.] "All the high jinks of the county,
when the lad comes of age." --F. Harrison.
High latitude (Geog.), one designated by the higher
figures; consequently, a latitude remote from the equator.
High life, life among the aristocracy or the rich.
High liver, one who indulges in a rich diet.
High living, a feeding upon rich, pampering food.
High Mass. (R. C. Ch.) See under Mass.
High milling, a process of making flour from grain by
several successive grindings and intermediate sorting,
instead of by a single grinding.
High noon, the time when the sun is in the meridian.
High place (Script.), an eminence or mound on which
sacrifices were offered.
High priest. See in the Vocabulary.
High relief. (Fine Arts) See Alto-rilievo.
High school. See under School.
High seas (Law), the open sea; the part of the ocean not in
the territorial waters of any particular sovereignty,
usually distant three miles or more from the coast line.
--Wharton.
High steam, steam having a high pressure.
High steward, the chief steward.
High tea, tea with meats and extra relishes.
High tide, the greatest flow of the tide; high water.
High time.
(a) Quite time; full time for the occasion.
(b) A time of great excitement or enjoyment; a carousal.
[Slang]
High treason, treason against the sovereign or the state,
the highest civil offense. See Treason.
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Note: It is now sufficient to speak of high treason as
treason simply, seeing that petty treason, as a
distinct offense, has been abolished. --Mozley & W.
High water, the utmost flow or greatest elevation of the
tide; also, the time of such elevation.
High-water mark.
(a) That line of the seashore to which the waters
ordinarily reach at high water.
(b) A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a
river or other body of fresh water, as in time of
freshet.
High-water shrub (Bot.), a composite shrub ({Iva
frutescens}), growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic
coast of the United States.
High wine, distilled spirits containing a high percentage
of alcohol; -- usually in the plural.
To be on a high horse, to be on one's dignity; to bear
one's self loftily. [Colloq.]
With a high hand.
(a) With power; in force; triumphantly. "The children of
Israel went out with a high hand." --Ex. xiv. 8.
(b) In an overbearing manner, arbitrarily. "They governed
the city with a high hand." --Jowett (Thucyd. ).
Syn: Tall; lofty; elevated; noble; exalted; supercilious;
proud; violent; full; dear. See Tall.
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Living
(gcide) | Live \Live\ (l[i^]v), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lived (l[i^]vd); 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.
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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.
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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.
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O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a
man that liveth at rest in his possessions!
--Ecclus. xli.
1.
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3. To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell;
to reside; as, to live in a cottage by the sea.
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Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years.
--Gen. xlvii.
28.
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4. To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be
permanent; to last; -- said of inanimate objects, ideas,
etc.
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Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water. --Shak.
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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.
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What greater curse could envious fortune give
Than just to die when I began to live? --Dryden.
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6. To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; -- with
on; as, horses live on grass and grain.
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7. To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished,
and actuated by divine influence or faith.
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The just shall live by faith. --Gal. iii.
ll.
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8. To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to
subsist; -- with on or by; as, to live on spoils.
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Those who live by labor. --Sir W.
Temple.
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9. To outlast danger; to float; -- said of a ship, boat,
etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm.
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A strong mast that lived upon the sea. --Shak.
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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]Living \Liv"ing\ (l[i^]v"[i^]ng), a. [From Live, v. i.]
1. Being alive; having life; as, a living creature. Opposed
to dead.
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2. Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the
mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living
faith; a living principle. " Living hope. " --Wyclif.
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3. Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as,
a living spring; -- opposed to stagnant.
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4. Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening.
"Living light." --Shak.
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5. Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live.
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Then on the living coals wine they pour. --Dryden.
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Living force. See Vis viva, under Vis.
Living gale (Naut.), a heavy gale.
Living rock or Living stone, rock in its native or
original state or location; rock not quarried. " I now
found myself on a rude and narrow stairway, the steps of
which were cut out of the living rock." --Moore.
The living, those who are alive, or one who is alive.
[1913 Webster]Living \Liv"ing\, n.
1. The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life;
existence. "Health and living." --Shak.
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2. Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living;
earnest living. " A vicious living." --Chaucer.
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3. Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate; as, to make a
comfortable living from writing.
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She can spin for her living. --Shak.
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He divided unto them his living. --Luke xv. 12.
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4. Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living
comfortably.
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There is no living without trusting somebody or
other in some cases. --L' Estrange.
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5. The benefice of a clergyman; an ecclesiastical charge
which a minister receives. [Eng.]
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He could not get a deanery, a prebend, or even a
living --Macaulay.
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Living force
(gcide) | Living \Liv"ing\ (l[i^]v"[i^]ng), a. [From Live, v. i.]
1. Being alive; having life; as, a living creature. Opposed
to dead.
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2. Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the
mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living
faith; a living principle. " Living hope. " --Wyclif.
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3. Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as,
a living spring; -- opposed to stagnant.
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4. Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening.
"Living light." --Shak.
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5. Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live.
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Then on the living coals wine they pour. --Dryden.
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Living force. See Vis viva, under Vis.
Living gale (Naut.), a heavy gale.
Living rock or Living stone, rock in its native or
original state or location; rock not quarried. " I now
found myself on a rude and narrow stairway, the steps of
which were cut out of the living rock." --Moore.
The living, those who are alive, or one who is alive.
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Living gale
(gcide) | Living \Liv"ing\ (l[i^]v"[i^]ng), a. [From Live, v. i.]
1. Being alive; having life; as, a living creature. Opposed
to dead.
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2. Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the
mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living
faith; a living principle. " Living hope. " --Wyclif.
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3. Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as,
a living spring; -- opposed to stagnant.
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4. Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening.
"Living light." --Shak.
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5. Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live.
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Then on the living coals wine they pour. --Dryden.
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Living force. See Vis viva, under Vis.
Living gale (Naut.), a heavy gale.
Living rock or Living stone, rock in its native or
original state or location; rock not quarried. " I now
found myself on a rude and narrow stairway, the steps of
which were cut out of the living rock." --Moore.
The living, those who are alive, or one who is alive.
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Living picture
(gcide) | Living picture \Liv"ing pic"ture\
A tableau in which persons take part; also, specif., such a
tableau as imitating a work of art.
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Living pledge
(gcide) | Pledge \Pledge\, n. [OF. plege, pleige, pledge, guaranty, LL.
plegium, plivium; akin to OF. plevir to bail, guaranty,
perhaps fr. L. praebere to proffer, offer (sc. fidem a trust,
a promise of security), but cf. also E. play. [root]28. Cf.
Prebend, Replevin.]
1. (Law) The transfer of possession of personal property from
a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or
engagement; also, the contract created between the debtor
and creditor by a thing being so delivered or deposited,
forming a species of bailment; also, that which is so
delivered or deposited; something put in pawn.
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Note: Pledge is ordinarily confined to personal property; the
title or ownership does not pass by it; possession is
essential to it. In all these points it differs from a
mortgage [see Mortgage]; and in the last, from the
hypotheca of the Roman law. See Hypotheca. --Story.
Kent.
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2. (Old Eng. Law) A person who undertook, or became
responsible, for another; a bail; a surety; a hostage. "I
am Grumio's pledge." --Shak.
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3. A hypothecation without transfer of possession.
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4. Anything given or considered as a security for the
performance of an act; a guarantee; as, mutual interest is
the best pledge for the performance of treaties. "That
voice, their liveliest pledge of hope." --Milton.
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5. A promise or agreement by which one binds one's self to
do, or to refrain from doing, something; especially, a
solemn promise in writing to refrain from using
intoxicating liquors or the like; as, to sign the pledge;
the mayor had made no pledges.
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6. A sentiment to which assent is given by drinking one's
health; a toast; a health.
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Dead pledge. [A translation of LL. mortuum vadium.] (Law)
A mortgage. See Mortgage.
Living pledge. [A translation of LL. vivum vadium.] (Law)
The conveyance of an estate to another for money borrowed,
to be held by him until the debt is paid out of the rents
and profits.
To hold in pledge, to keep as security.
To put in pledge, to pawn; to give as security.
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Syn: See Earnest.
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Living rock
(gcide) | Living \Liv"ing\ (l[i^]v"[i^]ng), a. [From Live, v. i.]
1. Being alive; having life; as, a living creature. Opposed
to dead.
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2. Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the
mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living
faith; a living principle. " Living hope. " --Wyclif.
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3. Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as,
a living spring; -- opposed to stagnant.
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4. Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening.
"Living light." --Shak.
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5. Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live.
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Then on the living coals wine they pour. --Dryden.
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Living force. See Vis viva, under Vis.
Living gale (Naut.), a heavy gale.
Living rock or Living stone, rock in its native or
original state or location; rock not quarried. " I now
found myself on a rude and narrow stairway, the steps of
which were cut out of the living rock." --Moore.
The living, those who are alive, or one who is alive.
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living room
(gcide) | living room \liv"ing room`\
A room in a house used by all or most of the family, where
the family entertain guests or relax together for leisure
activities. It usually contains at least one couch, and does
not contain a dining table.
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Living stone
(gcide) | Living \Liv"ing\ (l[i^]v"[i^]ng), a. [From Live, v. i.]
1. Being alive; having life; as, a living creature. Opposed
to dead.
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2. Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the
mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living
faith; a living principle. " Living hope. " --Wyclif.
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3. Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as,
a living spring; -- opposed to stagnant.
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4. Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening.
"Living light." --Shak.
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5. Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live.
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Then on the living coals wine they pour. --Dryden.
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Living force. See Vis viva, under Vis.
Living gale (Naut.), a heavy gale.
Living rock or Living stone, rock in its native or
original state or location; rock not quarried. " I now
found myself on a rude and narrow stairway, the steps of
which were cut out of the living rock." --Moore.
The living, those who are alive, or one who is alive.
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living wage
(gcide) | living wage \liv"ing wage"\
A wage or salary that permits a worker to live at least with
minimal customary amenities, and above conditions of poverty.
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living will
(gcide) | living will \liv"ing will\
A document signed by an individual expressing his/her desire
that, in the event of an illness from which there is no
reasonable expectation of recovery, aggressive or
extraordinary measures to prolong life, such as resuscitation
and life-support equipment, should not be used.
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Livingly
(gcide) | Livingly \Liv"ing*ly\, adv.
In a living state. --Sir T. Browne.
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Livingness
(gcide) | Livingness \Liv"ing*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being alive; possession of energy or
vigor; animation; quickening.
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nonliving
(gcide) | nonliving \nonliving\ adj.
Not endowed with life; same as inanimate. Opposite of
living and animate.
Syn: inanimate.
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Outliving
(gcide) | Outlive \Out*live"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outlived; p. pr. &
vb. n. Outliving.]
To live beyond, or longer than; to survive.
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They live too long who happiness outlive. --Dryden.
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