living
being animatedly existent
Cases of word usage
1) a medicine which medieval scientists thought keeps a person alive for ever (elixir)
2) to exist; be alive (the more usual words) (live)
3) (of particular kinds of food) to make or keep (a person) alive and well (nourish)
4) something that belonged to a saint, kept as an object of reverence; something from the past that keeps memories alive (relic)