life

life
I (period of existence) noun anima, continuance, cycle, duration, endurance, existence, lastingness, lifetime, period, period of survival, span, survival, term, term of activity, term of effectiveness, time, time from birth to death, vita associated concepts: life annuity, life estate, life expectancy, life imprisonment, life insurance company, life interest, life tenant foreign phrases:
- Non nasci, et natum mori, paria sunt. — Not to be born, and to be born dead, are the same
- La ley favour la vie dun homme. — The law favors human life
II (vitality) noun activeness, activity, alacritas, alertness, animation, ardor, breeziness, briskness, drive, dynamic quality, dynamism, eagerness, effervescence, energy, enthusiasm, exuberance, fieriness, fire, impassionedness, intensity, jocularity, jocundity, joviality, liveliness, lustiness, spirit, spiritedness, sprightimess, verve, vigor, vim, vis, vivacity, zeal, zest, zestfulness III index entity, lifetime, practice (professional business), spirit, survival

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  • Life — (l[imac]f), n.; pl. {Lives} (l[imac]vz). [AS. l[imac]f; akin to D. lijf body, G. leib body, MHG. l[imac]p life, body, OHG. l[imac]b life, Icel. l[imac]f, life, body, Sw. lif, Dan. liv, and E. live, v. [root]119. See {Live}, and cf. {Alive}.] 1.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • life — I. noun (plural lives) Etymology: Middle English lif, from Old English līf; akin to Old English libban to live more at live Date: before 12th century 1. a. the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body b. a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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