LIFETIME
Life"time` (, n.
Defn: The time that life continues.
LIFE-WEARY
Life"-wea`ry, a.
Defn: Weary of living. Shak.
LIFLODE
Lif"lode, n.
Defn: Livelihood. [Obs.] Chaucer.
LIFT
Lift, n.Etym: [AS.lyft air. See Loft.]
Defn: The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament. [Obs. or Scot.]
LIFT
Lift, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Lifting.] Etym:
[Icel. lypta, fr. lopt air; akin to Sw.lyfta to lift, Dan. löfte, G.
lüften; — prop., to raise into the air. See Loft, and cf. 1st Lift.]
1. To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; — said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden.