Dictionary entry

Live (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Live (?), v. t. 1. To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually; as, to live an idle or a useful life.

2. To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.

To live the Gospel. Foxe.

To live down, to live so as to subdue or refute; as, to live down slander.