What does longeve mean?
Longeve means (largely, obsolete, uncommon) Longevous, long-lived..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(largely, obsolete, uncommon) Longevous, long-lived..
1673-4, Grew, Veget. Trunks, iii: According as the Tree is less or more Longæve.
But the only use which that Philosopher makes of this Story is this, to prove that Demons having Bodies as well as men, (though of a different kind from them and much more longeve) yet were notwithstanding Mortal : […]
Whatever forms the average, strong, complete, sweet-blooded man or woman, the perfect longeve personality, / And helps its present life to health […]
The most long-lived men can arrive up to one hundred years, while the medium and less longeve respectively can live up to eighty and sixty years.
Use longeve when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Longeve means (largely, obsolete, uncommon) Longevous, long-lived..
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1673-4, Grew, Veget. Trunks, iii: According as the Tree is less or more Longæve.
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