Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Live (-ed, -ing, -s)
live (-ed, -ing, -s), v. [OE libban, to remain, continue.]
- Breathe; exist; be alive; have existence; posses the qualities of life rather than death.
- Survive; stay alive; remain in mortality.
- Dwell; reside; [fig.] belong.
- Subsist; get nutrients; sustain vitality.
- Experience; enjoy.
- Last; endure; continue breathing; hang on; hold out.
- Act; perform daily duties.
- Resuscitate; be alive again; [fig.] breathe; awake; arise; stand up.
- Coexist; cohabit; abide; share time; occupy a home; [fig.] marry.
- Pass time.
- Have meaning; gain significance; achieve permanence; become attested.
- Be located; is situated.
- Maintain being; support existence.
- Move; run; ebb and flow.
- Have a heartbeat.
- Phrase. “live with”: remember; always perceive; constantly think of; continually feel the presence of.
- Phrase. “live again”: resurrect; change from mortal to immortal; move from death to the next life.
- Phrase. “lived the life of”: experienced; submitted to; [tautology] chose to be taken by.
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