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  1.  Living freely and abundantly, given to free indulgence of the appetites.

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1818.  Scott, Hrt. Midl., xvi. ‘He was a gude servant o’ the town,’ said the Bailie, ‘though he was an ower free-living man.’

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  2.  Biol. Living free from and independent of the parent.

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1889.  in Century Dict.

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