Life-giving

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  life-giving \life"-giv`ing\ (l[imac]f"g[i^]v`[i^]ng), a.
     Giving life or spirit; having power to give life;
     inspiriting; invigorating; as, life-giving love and praise.
  
     Syn: vital, vitalizing.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]


  
                returning the life-giving humus to the land.
                                                    --Louis
                                                    Bromfield.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  life-giving
       adj : 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" [syn: {vitalizing}]