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noun
The state of being alive; exuberance, intensity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: animateness, liveness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: physiological property
Narrower terms: animation, vitality, sentience
noun
the condition of living or the state of being alive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: animation, life, living
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: being, beingness, existence
Narrower terms: eternal life, life eternal, skin, survival, endurance
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2en-der. Proto-Germanic *an Proto-West Germanic *ana Old English on Proto-Indo-European *leyp- Proto-Germanic *lībanąder. Proto-Germanic *lībą Proto-West Germanic *līb Old English līfder. Old English līfe Old English on līfe Middle English alyve English alive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English aliveness From alive + -ness.
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1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
