LIV'ING, ppr. from live.
1. Dwelling residing existing subsisting having life or the vital functions in operation not dead.
2. a. Issuing continually from the earth running flowing as a living spring or fountain opposed to stagnant.
3. a. Producing action, animation and vigor quickening as a living principle a living faith.
LIV'ING, n. He or those who are alive usually with a plural signification as in the land of the living.
The living will lay it to his heart. Ecclesiastes 7 .
LIV'ING, n.
1. Means of subsistence estate.
He divided to them his living. Luke 15 .
She of her want, did cast in all that she had, even all her living. Mark 41 .
2. Power of continuing life. There is no living with a scold.
There is no living without trusting some body or other in some cases.
3. Livelihood. He made a living by his occupation. The woman spins for a living.
4. The benefice of a clergyman. He lost his living by non-conformity.