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lived

Variant of live

intransitive verb lived, living

  1. to be alive; have life
    1. to remain alive
    2. to last; endure
    1. to pass one's life in a specified manner: to live happily
    2. to regulate or conduct one's life: to live by a strict moral code
  2. to enjoy a full and varied life: to really know how to live
    1. to maintain life; support oneself: to live on a pension
    2. to be dependent for a living (with off)
  3. to feed; subsist; have as one's usual food: to live on fruits and nuts
  4. to make one's dwelling; reside
  5. to remain in human memory of: men's good deeds live after them

transitive verb

  1. to practice or carry out in one's life: to live one's faith
  2. to spend; pass: to live a useful life
  3. to act (a role in a play) very convincingly or feelingly

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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