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1.
līfish
adj.
6 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Of men and other creatures: living, alive.
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2.
līfful
adj.
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Of faith and doctrine: life-giving, bringing eternal life.
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3.
līvī
adj.
5 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) Living, live; (b)
livi deth
, living death; -- oxymoron; (c)
phys.
necessary to life;
livi vertues
, the physiological forces needed to maintain life.
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4.
līf-lẹ̄vī
adj.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Affectionate throughout life.
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5.
lī̆f-fæst
adj.
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Quickened, living; also, life-giving.
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6.
līf-hōlī
adj.
8 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Righteous; devout, saintly;
lif-holi of lif
; as noun: the devout, the righteous.
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7.
līves
adj.
22 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) Alive, living;
lives or dethes
, alive or dead [see also
deth
n.
1b.
]; (b) lively, happy; (c) as noun: the living ones.
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8.
short-līvī
adj.
Additional spellings:
shortlivi
1 quotation in 1 sense
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Short-lived.
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