Obs. rare. [f. live, LIFE sb. Cf. LIVEN v.] trans. To give life to; to quicken, vivify.

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1493.  Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton, 1483), IV. xxviii. 73. This soule sensitif whiche euery beest beryth in his blood lyueth or quycketh the body to which he is conioyned.

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