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long-lived, a.|-laɪvd| Also 7 -lif't. [f. long a. + live, life n. + -ed2. Often pronounced (lɒŋlɪvd), as if etymologically parallel to smooth-spoken, etc.] Having a long life or existence; living or lasting a long time; longeval.
a1420Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 570 Fader and moder honoure, That thow maist be longe lyved. c1425Cursor M. 1268 (Trin.) Longe lyued am I in elde. 1553Eden Treat. Newe Ind. (Arb.) 22 They are long lyued and lyue euen vntyl an hundreth yeares of age. 1607T. Walkington Opt. Glasse 41 Little eyes denotate a large cheverill conscience..spacious breasted, long-lif't. 1609Bible (Douay) Exod. xx. 12 Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest be long-lived upon the earth. 1633Earl of Manchester Al Mondo (1636) 176 Seldom is excellencie in any kinde long lived. 1653Walton Angler vii. 142 Bacon observes the Pike to be the longest lived of any fresh water fish. 1707Curios. in Husb. & Gard. 171 The Sea..produces Animals..more sound, and longer-liv'd, than any of the other Elements. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) III. 230 The lion..is a very long-lived animal. 1883Jefferies Story Heart i. (1891) 13 The long-lived summer days dried and warmed the turf in the meadows. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 374 Chronic uncured melancholics..are often long-lived. Hence longˈlivedness, longevity.
1872Echo 27 Sept., The long-livedness of the Mastai family. 1882R. Adamson in Encycl. Brit. XIV. 789/2 If..there can be discovered a reciprocating relation between the want of gall in animals and longlivedness. |