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- English Word Lieutenancy Definition The office, rank, or commission, of a lieutenant.
- English Word Lieutenancy Definition The body of lieutenants or subordinates.
- English Word Lieutenant Definition An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence; a representative of, or substitute for, another in the performance of any duty.
- English Word Lieutenant Definition A commissioned officer in the army, next below a captain.
- English Word Lieutenant Definition A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a commander.
- English Word Lieutenant Definition A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant commander.
- English Word Lieutenant general Definition An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general.
- English Word Lieutenantry Definition See Lieutenancy.
- English Word Lieutenantship Definition Same as Lieutenancy, 1.
- English Word Lieve Definition Same as Lief.
- English Word Lif Definition The fiber by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made.
- English Word Life Definition The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that state of an animal or plant in which all or any of its organs are capable of performing all or any of their functions; -- used of all animal and vegetable organisms.
- English Word Life Definition Of human beings: The union of the soul and body; also, the duration of their union; sometimes, the deathless quality or existence of the soul; as, man is a creature having an immortal life.
- English Word Life Definition The potential principle, or force, by which the organs of animals and plants are started and continued in the performance of their several and cooperative functions; the vital force, whether regarded as physical or spiritual.
- English Word Life Definition Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions; as, the life of a state, a machine, or a book; authority is the life of government.
- English Word Life Definition A certain way or manner of living with respect to conditions, circumstances, character, conduct, occupation, etc.; hence, human affairs; also, lives, considered collectively, as a distinct class or type; as, low life; a good or evil life; the life of Indians, or of miners.
- English Word Life Definition Animation; spirit; vivacity; vigor; energy.
- English Word Life Definition That which imparts or excites spirit or vigor; that upon which enjoyment or success depends; as, he was the life of the company, or of the enterprise.
- English Word Life Definition The living or actual form, person, thing, or state; as, a picture or a description from the life.
- English Word Life Definition A person; a living being, usually a human being; as, many lives were sacrificed.
- English Word Life Definition The system of animal nature; animals in general, or considered collectively.
- English Word Life Definition An essential constituent of life, esp. the blood.
- English Word Life Definition A history of the acts and events of a life; a biography; as, Johnson wrote the life of Milton.
- English Word Life Definition Enjoyment in the right use of the powers; especially, a spiritual existence; happiness in the favor of God; heavenly felicity.
- English Word Life Definition Something dear to one as one's existence; a darling; -- used as a term of endearment.
- English Word Life-giving Definition Giving life or spirit; having power to give life; inspiriting; invigorating.
- English Word Life-preserver Definition An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while in the water.
- English Word Life-saving Definition That saves life, or is suited to save life, esp. from drowning; as, the life-saving service; a life-saving station.
- English Word Life-size Definition Of full size; of the natural size.
- English Word Life-weary Definition Weary of living.