1.
[syn: life-giving, vitalizing]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
life-giving
adj 1: 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: life-giving,
vitalizing]