life-breath
noun
1The breath that supports life; compare breath of life.
2 Figurative an inspiring influence, a sustaining principle.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in John King (d. 1621), bishop of London.
- overflow channel
- overflower
- overflowingly
- overflowingness
- overflow meeting
- overflow parking lot
- overflow pipe
- overflow population
- over-fluency
- overfluent
- over-flush
- overflux
- overfly
- overfold
- overfolded
- overfolding
- overfond
- overfondle
- overfondly
- overfondness
- overforward
- overfree
- over-freely
- overfreight
- overfret