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  • As in lifegiver-the way a mother nurtures her child and keeps it alive.

    Men Don't Leave Me 2010

  • If several sprouted, tenders would transplant all but one, and a marker would be fired into the bark for the lifegiver within its roots.

    Destiny's Road Niven, Larry 1997

  • A lifegiver of Spiral Town would be buried with a handful of seeds.

    Destiny's Road Niven, Larry 1997

  • In Spiral Town there would be no question that the community held title to a lifegiver.

    Destiny's Road Niven, Larry 1997

  • He said, "We haven't buried a lifegiver from outside in more than fifty years."

    Destiny's Road Niven, Larry 1997

  • "My Lord," cried Lazarus, embracing him, "the vanquisher of death, lifegiver and Lord, I see thee once again and hear the voice that called me from the grave."

    King of the Jews A story of Christ's last days on Earth William T. Stead

  • “Should they attempt,” He, moreover, had predicted, “to conceal its light on the continent, it will assuredly rear its head in the midmost heart of the ocean, and, raising its voice, proclaim: ‘I am the lifegiver of the world!’”

    God Passes By 1897-1957 Shoghi Effendi 1927

  • He will assuredly rear His head in the midmost heart of the ocean and, raising His voice, proclaim: ‘I am the lifegiver of the world!’ ...

    The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh 1897-1957 Shoghi Effendi 1927

  • She was a lifegiver, altering the whole scheme of any picture she made a part of, by contributing new values.

    Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 1903

  • She was a lifegiver, altering the whole scheme of any picture she made a part of, by contributing new values.

    Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889

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