life-giving

See also: lifegiving

English

Adjective

life-giving (comparative more life-giving, superlative most life-giving)

1. Necessary for life.
   • 1989 April 15, Michael Ambrosino, “Acting Up In The Northwest”, in Gay Community News, page 16:

     The FDA has "blood on its hands" in its devastatingly slow release of potentially life-giving drugs to people surviving with AIDS and ARC.

   We would have died without the unexpected rain that brought life-giving water.

2. Creating or engendering life; being a source of life.

Translations

necessary for life

• Bulgarian: животворен (bg) (životvoren)
• Greek:

  Ancient: βιόδωρος (biódōros)

• Latin: vitālis
• Macedonian: живо́творен (živótvoren)
• Maori: whakamanapou
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: livgivende

• Polish: życiodajny