Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: life-giving
IPA transcription: [l'aɪfɡ,ɪvɪŋ]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: life-giving, vitalizing
    Meaning: giving or having the power to give life and spirit; "returning the life-giving humus to the land"- Louis Bromfield; "life-giving love and praise"; "the vitalizing rays of the warming sun"
Usage examples
  • In the semen is the life-giving principle called the sperm.
  • Major Flint in his eagerness had put most of his moustache into the life-giving tumbler, and dried it on his handkerchief.
  • Those who went with him in making the promise breathed into the church the very breath of divine life, and are continuing that life-giving work at this present time.