Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: live – loaded
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live, verbal adj. [see life, n.]
Alive; full of vitality; [probably a verb with syntactic inversion “those who doubt to live again live not yet”] those who do not believe in life after death are not experiencing real life.
livelong, adj. [see lief, a., long, a.]
Whole; entire; long in passing.
Liverpool, proper n. [Welsh 'weedy sea pool'.]
English city; town on the river Mersey; territory was given to John, son of King Henry II in 1172; site of immigration influx; port of entry for migrants; preliminary multi-cultural city of Britain; [fig.] life; humankind; civilization.
livid, adj. [Fr. < L. līvēre.]
- Black and blue; lead-colored; [fig.] fiery; blazing; on fire.
- Dark; dreadful; appalling.
living, verbal adj. [see live, v.]
- Alive; having life.
- Mortal; earth-dwelling; not yet subject to death.
- Lifelong; lengthy; entire; seemingly endless; extended hours of.
- Growing; having vigor; in active operation.
- Ticking rhythmically; beating like a human heart.
living, verbal n. [see live, v.]
- Existing; experiencing mortality; undergoing pain and grief; the state of being alive.
- Survivors; alive ones; people not yet dead.
- Temporal existence; mere breathing; maintenance of physical functions; [fig.] going through the motions.
- Honorarium; stipend; financial requirement; maintenance fee; obligatory payment; price for continuing; pay for service.
lo, int. [OE lō, see look, v. imperative.]
Look; see; behold.
load, n. [OE lád, way, course, journey, conveyance.]
- Burden; [fig.] responsibility; duty.
- Weight of blooms; proliferation of blossoming flowers.
- Cargo; [metonymy] wagon; cart carrying a large amount of coal.
- Heartache; deep grief; heavy sorrow.
load (-ed), v. [see load, n.]
- Become heavy; [possibly a verbal adj.] heavy; weighted down.
- Compress; press together; put cargo in.
loaded, verbal adj. [see load, v.]
- Swelling; swollen; storm-tossed; high tide.
- Carrying live ammunition; having an explosive charge; ready for use as a weapon in hunting or defense.
- Burdened; laden; swelling with weight; [fig.] carrying pollen.