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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Liv·ing a.
 1. Being alive; having life; as, a living creature.  Opposed to dead.
 2. Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle. Living hope. ”
 3. Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; -- opposed to stagnant.
 4. Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening. Living light.”
 5. Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live.
    Then on the living coals wine they pour.   --Dryden.
 Living force. See Vis viva, under Vis.
 Living gale Naut., a heavy gale.
 Living rock or Living stone, rock in its native or original state or location; rock not quarried. I now found myself on a rude and narrow stairway, the steps of which were cut out of the living rock.” --Moore.
 The living, those who are alive, or one who is alive.