life-giving

[ lahyf-giv-ing ]

/ ˈlaɪfˌgɪv ɪŋ /

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adjective

imparting, or having the ability to impart, life or vitality; invigorating; vitalizing: life-giving love and praise.

Origin of life-giving

First recorded in 1555–65

OTHER WORDS FROM life-giving

life-giver, noun

Words nearby life-giving

life expectancy, life float, life force, life form, lifeful, life-giving, lifeguard, Life Guards, lifehack, life history, life imprisonment

Example sentences from the Web for life-giving

Ruled by the life-giving Sun, their potential for creativity is total.
What the Stars Hold for Your Week|Starsky + Cox|July 30, 2011|DAILY BEAST
That life-giving source is the enzyme telomerase, which can actually lengthen telomeres.
New Anti-Aging Pill Under Fire|Thea Singer|April 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Fetch me then three kinds of water, the Life-giving, the Curing, and the Strengthening.
Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen|Alexander Chodsko
In an interesting Cretan sarcophagus from Hagia Triada the life-giving power is tripled.
The Evolution of the Dragon|G. Elliot Smith

Next in importance are the chemical changes which take place in this life-giving fluid as it passes through the lungs.
Vitality Supreme|Bernarr Macfadden
The Proto-Egyptians clearly believed in the validity of the general biological theory of the life-giving properties of water.
The Evolution of the Dragon|G. Elliot Smith
I was anxious to have them participate with me in this, my life-giving determination.
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass|Frederick Douglass