Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Live \Live\, v. t.
   1. To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue
      in, constantly or habitually; as, to live an idle or a
      useful life.

   2. To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.

            To live the Gospel.                   --Foxe.

   {To live down}, to live so as to subdue or refute; as, to
      live down slander.