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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. Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will . . .…

A plant (Sedum Telephium) with fleshy leaves, which has extreme powers of resisting drought; garden ox-pine.

Having life; -- used only in composition; as, long-lived; short-lived.

See Livelihood. [Obs.]

me means of support; support of life; maintenance. The opportunities of gaining an honest livelihood. Addison. It is their profession and livelihood to get their living by practices for which they deserve to forfeit their lives. South.

In a lively manner. [Obs.] Lamb.

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.

Course of life; means of support; livelihood. [Obs.]

adverbial phrases, and usually with a sense of tediousness. The obscure bird Clamored the livelong night. Shak. How could she sit the livelong day, Yet never ask us once to play Swift.

Endowed with or manifesting life; living. Chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively flowers and leaves. Holland.

One who, or that which, lives. And try if life be worth the liver's care. Prior.

Having a color like liver; dark reddish brown.

Having an enlarged liver. Dunglison.

Having (such) a liver; used in composition; as, white-livered.

Wearing a livery. See Livery, 3. The liveried servants wait. Parnell.

A kind of pudding or sausage made of liver or pork. [Obs.] Chapman.

Same as Liverwort.

A ranunculaceous plant (Anemone Hepatica) with pretty white or bluish flowers and a three-lobed leaf; -- called also squirrel cups.

The act of delivering possession of lands or tenements.

. A stable where horses are kept for hire, and where stabling is provided. See Livery, n., 3 (e) (f) & (g).