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Lived, meaning “having a certain kind or extent of life,” is not derived from the preterit and past participle of the verb live
[liv] , but from the noun life [lahyf], to which the suffix -ed has been added. The original pronunciation, therefore, and one still heard, is [lahyvd], which retains the vowel (ī) of life. Since the f of life changes to v with the addition of this suffix, as when leaf becomes leaved, this lived is identical in spelling with the preterit and past participle lived, and conflation of the two has led to the increasingly frequent pronunciation of this lived as [livd] in such combinations as long-lived and short-lived. EXPANDBoth pronunciations are considered standard
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Lived, meaning “having a certain kind or extent of life,” is not derived from the preterit and past participle of the verb live
[liv] , but from the noun life [lahyf], to which the suffix -ed has been added. The original pronunciation, therefore, and one still heard, is [lahyvd], which retains the vowel (ī) of life. Since the f of life changes to v with the addition of this suffix, as when leaf becomes leaved, this lived is identical in spelling with the preterit and past participle lived, and conflation of the two has led to the increasingly frequent pronunciation of this lived as [livd] in such combinations as long-lived and short-lived. EXPANDBoth pronunciations are considered standardCOLLAPSE
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verb (used without object)
1.
to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
2.
to continue to have life; remain alive: to live to a ripe old age.
3.
to continue in existence, operation, memory, etc.; last: a book that lives in my memory.
4.
to maintain or support one's existence; provide for oneself: to live on one's income.
5.
EXPANDto feed or subsist (usually followed by on or upon): to live on rice and bananas.
6.
to dwell or reside (usually followed by in, at, etc.): to live in a cottage.
7.
to pass life in a specified manner: They lived happily ever after.
8.
to direct or regulate one's life: to live by the golden rule.
9.
to experience or enjoy life to the full: At 40 she was just beginning to live.
10.
to cohabit (usually followed by with).
11.
COLLAPSEto escape destruction or remain afloat, as a ship or aircraft.
verb (used with object)
Verb phrases12.
to pass (life): to live a life of ease.
13.
to practice, represent, or exhibit in one's life: to live one's philosophy.
14.
live down, to live so as to allow (a mistake, disgrace, etc.) to be forgotten or forgiven: She'll never live that crucial moment of failure down.
15.
live in/out, to reside at or away from the place of one's employment, especially as a domestic servant: Their butler lives in, but the maids live out.
16.
Idiomslive up to, to live in accordance with (expectations or an ideal or standard); measure up to: He never lived up to his father's vision of him.
17.
live high off/on the hog. hog (def. 16).
18.
live it up, Informal. to live in an extravagant or wild manner; pursue pleasure: He started living it up after he got out of the army.
19.
live well, to live comfortably: They're not wealthy but they live well.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English liven, Old English lifian, libban; cognate with Dutch leven, German leben, Old Norse lifa, Gothic liban
before 900; Middle English liven, Old English lifian, libban; cognate with Dutch leven, German leben, Old Norse lifa, Gothic liban
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Word Origin & History
live
1540s, "having life," later (1611) "burning, glowing," aphetic of alive (q.v.). Sense of "containing unspent energy or power" (live ammunition, etc.) is from 1799; live wire is attested from 1890; figurative sense of "active person" is from 1903. Meaning "in-person (performance)"
EXPANDis first attested 1934.
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live (līv)
adj.
Having life; alive.
Capable of replicating in a host's cells.
Containing living microorganisms or active virus, as a vaccine.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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