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life

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"Existence"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈlaɪ̯f/Part of speech nounSorted efilStarts with LEnds with E5 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. The state of being alive

Word origin

From Middle English lyf, from Old English līf, from Proto-West Germanic *līb, from Proto-Germanic *lībą (“life, body”), from *lībaną (“to remain, stay, be left”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick, glue”).

Used in a sentence

  • I want my kids to live a good life. He gave up on life.
  • My bloodleſſe bodie waxeth chill and colde, And with my blood my life ſlides through my wound, My ſoule begins to take her flight to hell, And ſummones all my ſences to depart: […]
  • The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.

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Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues

01Existence4 letters
02Living existence4 letters
03Living state4 letters
04Span from birth onward4 letters
05Time spent alive4 letters

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