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Live, having received new heart, and use lungs (7)

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I believe the answer is:

breathe

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'and use lungs' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'live having received new heart' is the wordplay.
'live' becomes 'be' (synonyms).
'having received' is an insertion indicator.
'new' indicates anagramming the letters.
'heart' anagrammed gives 'reath'.
'be' placed around 'reath' is 'BREATHE'.

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(Other definitions for breathe that I've seen before include "Take inspiration" , "as wine may be allowed to do" , "Absorb air" , "Take in 30" , "live" .)

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