• (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lave • (v. i.) Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live. • (v. i.) Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; -- opposed to stagnant. • (v. i.) Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living princ...