Defn: Full of vitality. Spenser.
LIFE-GIVING
Life"-giv`ing, a.
Defn: Giving life or spirit; having power to give life; inspiriting; invigorating.
LIFEHOLD
Life"hold`, n.
Defn: Land held by a life estate.
LIFELESS
Life"less, a.
Defn: Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a lifeless wine; a lifeless story. — Life"less*ly, adv. — Life"less*ness, n.
Syn. — Dead; soulless; inanimate; torpid; inert; inactive; dull; heavy; unanimated; spiritless; frigid; pointless; vapid; flat; tasteless. — Lifeless, Dull, Inanimate, Dead. In a moral sense, lifeless denotes a want of vital energy; inanimate, a want of expression as to any feeling that may be possessed; dull implies a torpor of soul which checks all mental activity; dead supposes a destitution of feeling. A person is said to be lifeless who has lost the spirits which he once had; he is said to be inanimate when he is naturally wanting in spirits; one is dull from an original deficiency of mental power; he who is dead to moral sentiment is wholly bereft of the highest attribute of his nature.
LIFELIKE
Life"like`, a. Etym: [Cf. Lively.]
Defn: Like a living being; resembling life; giving an accurate representation; as, a lifelike portrait. — Life"like`ness, n. Poe.