"life-giving" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more life-giving [comparative], most life-giving [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} life-giving (comparative more life-giving, superlative most life-giving)
  1. Necessary for life. Translations (necessary for life): βιόδωρος (biódōros) (Ancient Greek), животворен (životvoren) (Bulgarian), vitālis (Latin), живо́творен (živótvoren) (Macedonian), whakamanapou (Maori), livgivende (Norwegian Bokmål), życiodajny (Polish)
    Sense id: en-life-giving-en-adj-xQjhj1GN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of 'necessary for life': 97 3
  2. Creating or engendering life; being a source of life.
    Sense id: en-life-giving-en-adj-MIVTdSQx

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