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the deathless quality or existence of the soul; as, man is a creature having an immortal life. She shows a body rather than a life. Shak.

Giving life or spirit; having power to give life; inspiriting; invigorating.

us materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while in the water. -- Life"-pre*serv`ing, a.

That saves life, or is suited to save life, esp. from drowning; as, the life-saving service; a life-saving station.

Of full size; of the natural size.

Weary of living. Shak.

The blood necessary to life; vital blood. Dryden.

A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people.

Full of vitality. Spenser.

Land held by a life estate.

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

Like a living being; resembling life; giving an accurate representation; as, a lifelike portrait. -- Life"like`ness, n. Poe.

Lasting or continuing through life. Tennyson.

In a lifelike manner. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Companion for life. Hawthorne.

To enliven. [Obs.] Marston.

Animated; sprightly. [Poetic] Coleridge. -- Life"some*ness, n.

Spring or source of life.

A nerve, or string, that is imagined to be essential to life. Daniel.

The time that life continues.