life (noun) — sense 3

The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a “living document”, “living constitution”, etc.

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Example
The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.
Order number
3
Part of speech
noun

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