Life
Zell's Condensed Dictionary · 1879 · p. 28
(lif,) pl. LIVES. [A. S. lif.] (Physiol.) In a general sense, that state of animals and plants, or of any organized beings, in which their natural functions and motions are performed; or in which the organs are capable of performing their functions. Life is antagonistic to ordinary chemical action: the moment death occurs, decomposition begins, though it may not be at once perceptible. Life A urance. See INSURANCE. [s. 543]
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