Obs. Forms as in LIVE. [f. A- pref. 1 intens. + LIVE, OE. libban. Cf. Ger. erleben.] To live. (prop. trans.)
c. 885. K. Ælfred, Oros., I. ii. § 2. Hý … on bilwitnesse hyra lif alyfdon.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 109. Ȝunge monnan mei tweonian hweðer hi moten alibban.
