Sunday, February 22, 2009

TBWCYL Day 53 - Definition

What is the meaning of Life? Well, today;s task was to look the definition up in the dictionary. So, I pulled out my Merriam-Webster Dictionary Home and Office Edition copy write 1998 and here is what it says.

life \lif\ n, pl lives \livz\ 1 : the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body or inanimate matter; also : a state of an organism characterized esp. by capacity for metabolism, growth, reaction to stimuli, and reproduction 2 : the physical and mental experiences of an individual 3 : BIOGRAPHY 4 : a specific phase or period(adult~) 5 : the period from birth to death; also : a sentence of imprisonment for the remainder of a person's life 6 : a way of living 7 : PERSON 8 : ANIMATION, SPIRIT: also : LIVELINESS 9 : living being (forest~) 10 : animate activity (signs of~) 11 : one providing interest and vigor (~of the party) - life-less adj - life-like adj

So, there you go. Now you no longer have to question it.

That is all,

Newt

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