'Living force' definitions:

Definition of 'Living force'

From: GCIDE
  • Living \Liv"ing\ (l[i^]v"[i^]ng), a. [From Live, v. i.]
  • 1. Being alive; having life; as, a living creature. Opposed to dead. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle. " Living hope. " --Wyclif. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; -- opposed to stagnant. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening. "Living light." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live. [1913 Webster]
  • Then on the living coals wine they pour. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Living force. See Vis viva, under Vis.
  • Living gale (Naut.), a heavy gale.
  • Living rock or Living stone, rock in its native or original state or location; rock not quarried. " I now found myself on a rude and narrow stairway, the steps of which were cut out of the living rock." --Moore.
  • The living, those who are alive, or one who is alive. [1913 Webster]