Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LIV'ING
LIV'ING, ppr. [from live.]
- Dwelling; residing; existing; subsisting; having life or the vital functions in operation; not dead.
- adj. Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring or fountain; opposed to stagnant.
- adj. Producing action, animation and vigor; quickening; as, a living principle; a living faith.
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