Verb

(liv)

(lb) To be alive; to have life.

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(lb) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.

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*:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.

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, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}

(lb) To survive; to persevere; to continue.

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To cope.

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(lb) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.

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*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 19, author=Kerry Brown, title= Kim Jong-il obituary, work=The Guardian

, passage=By 1980, South Korea had overtaken its northern neighbour, and was well on its way to being one of the Asian tigers – high-performing economies, with democratic movements ultimately winning power in the 1990s. The withdrawal of most Soviet aid in 1991, with the fall of the Soviet empire, pushed North Korea further down. Kim Il-sung had held a genuine place on North Korean people's affections. His son was regarded as a shadowy playboy, with rumours circulating over the years that he imported Russian and Chinese prostitutes, and lived a life of profligacy and excess.}}

*{{quote-magazine, title= Towards the end of poverty

, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838, page=11, magazine=(The Economist) , passage=But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.}}

(lb) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.

*(John Foxe) (1516/7-1587)

*:to live the Gospel

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To outlast danger; to float; said of a ship, boat, etc.

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*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:a strong mast that lived upon the sea

Verb

(lik)

To please.

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*:Madam, said Sir Uwaine, they are to blame, for they do against the high order of knighthood, and the oath that they made; and if it like you I will speak with them, because I am a knight of King Arthur's, and I will entreat them with fairness; and if they will not, I shall do battle with them, and in the defence of your right.

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*::Madame sayd syr Vwayne / they are to blame / for they doo ageynst the hyghe ordre of knyghthode & the othe that they made / And yf hit lyke yow I wille speke with hem by cause I am a knyghte of kynge Arthurs / and I wylle entrete them with fayrenesse / And yf they wylle not I shalle doo bataille with them and in the deffense of youre ryghte

*Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)

*:I willingly confess that it likes me much better when I find virtue in a fair lodging than when I am bound to seek it in an ill-favoured creature.

*1608 , (William Shakespeare), (King Lear) :

*:His countenance likes me not.

To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.

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*(John Locke) (1632-1705)

*:He may either go or stay, as he best likes .

*1865 , (Lewis Carroll), (w, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) , :

*:“I can tell you more than that, if you like ,” said the Gryphon. “Do you know why it’s called a whiting?”

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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.

(lb) To derive pleasure of'', ''by'' or ''with someone or something.

*1662 , , Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Systems of the World (Dialogue Two)

*:And therefore it is the best way, if you like of it, to examine these taken from experiments touching the Earth, and then proceed to those of the other kind.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=He used to drop into my chambers once in a while to smoke, and was first-rate company. When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.}}

To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.

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(lb) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).

*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:You like well, and bear your years very well.

(lb) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly.

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*(Horace Walpole) (1717-1797)

*:He probably got his death, as he liked to have done two years ago, by viewing the troops for the expedition from the wall of Kensington Garden.

To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.

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(lb) To liken; to compare.

*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:Like me to the peasant boys of France.

To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.

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