1. to live, to exist
2. to make a living, to subsist
3. to be in effect, to be in use, to function
4. to come to life, to be enlivened
5. to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)
1. as (it is), remaining (in a state), keeping (the same), leaving (unchanged)
2. with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on), while (e.g. standing, alive), as
3. as (one pleases, one is told, etc.), according to
4. sic