intransitive. To be alive; to possess life (see life, n. 1d), either as an animal or as a plant; to be capable of vital functions.

intransitive. To live; to survive.

To live.

To continue to be, remain (in a certain state, condition, or way of life); to have existence, live.

intransitive. More generally: to be alive and active; to live. Chiefly with prepositional phrase, esp. in to go on (also upon) the earth, ground, etc.…

transitive. To rouse or excite feeling in (a person); to affect with emotion, esp. with tender feeling or compassion; to stir (the feelings…

intransitive. To live, exist.

intransitive. To live (in various senses). Obsolete.

intransitive. To go or move about; to travel; to be alive and active. to pass on earth (also mould): to be alive, to exist (cf. to go on (also upon…

to draw (one's) breath and variants: to breathe; to inhale; (later also) to rest and recover one's normal rate of breathing after vigorous…

intransitive. To have life, to be alive.

intransitive. To draw breath; to live. Obsolete.

Phrases. to tread the stage (the boards), to act upon the stage, to follow the profession of an actor (also figurative to write stage-plays). to t…

slang. to grab on: to get along, live.

To reinforce, provide for the continuance or improvement of (a stock, race, breed). Obsolete exc. Scottish dialect in to store the kin: see…