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liver

1. liv.er \'liv-*r\ \-*rd\ n [ME, fr. OE lifer; akin to OHG lebra liver] 
   1a: a large very vascular glandular organ of vertebrates that secretes bile 
    and causes important changes in many of the substances contained in the 
   blood (as by converting sugars into glycogen which it stores up until 
   required and in forming urea) 1b: any of various large compound glands 
   associated with the digestive trac t of invertebrate animals and prob. 
   concerned with the secretion of digestive enzymes archaic  2: a determinant 
   of the quality or temper of a man  3: the tissue of the liver (as of a calf 
   or pig) eaten as food  - liv.ered aj
2. liv.er \'liv-*r\ n 1: one that lives esp. in a specified way {a fast ~}  
   2: RESIDENT