live

{{11}}live (adj.) 1540s, "having life," later (1610s) "burning, glowing," aphetic of ALIVE (Cf. alive) (q.v.). Sense of "containing unspent energy or power" (live ammunition, etc.) is from 1799. Meaning "in-person" (of performance) is first attested 1934. Live wire is attested from 1890; figurative sense of "active person" is from 1903.

{{12}}live (v.) O.E. lifian (Anglian), libban (W.Saxon) "to be, to live, have life; to experience," also "to supply oneself with food, to pass life (in some condition)," from P.Gmc. *liben (Cf. O.N. lifa "to live, remain," O.Fris. libba, Ger. leben, Goth. liban "to live"), from PIE root *leip- "to remain, continue" (Cf. Gk. liparein "to persist, persevere;" see LEAVE (Cf. leave)). Meaning "to make a residence, dwell" is from c.1200. Related: Lived; LIVING (Cf. living).

According to the Dutch Prouerbe ... Leuen ende laetan leuen, To liue and to let others liue. [Malynes, 1622]

To live it up "live gaily and extravagantly" is from 1903. To live up to "act in accordance with" is 1690s, from earlier live up "live on a high (moral or mental) level" (1680s). To live (something) down "outwear (some slander or embarrassment)" is from 1842. To live with "cohabit as husband and wife" is attested from 1749; sense of "to put up with" is attested from 1937. Expression live and learn is attested from c.1620.