relive

[ree-liv]

verb (used with object)

relived, reliving 

1. to experience again, as an emotion.

2. to live (one's life) again.

verb (used without object)

relived, reliving 

1. to live again.

relive

/ riːˈlɪv /

verb

1. (tr) to experience (a sensation, event, etc) again, esp in the imagination

Other Word Forms

• relivable adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of relive¹

First recorded in 1540–50; re- + live ¹

Example Sentences

Instead of the typical rock-star tale that relives the glory days and gives short shrift to the rest, the former Black Sabbath frontman chose to lay bare his recent medical struggles in grisly detail.

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And he relives his glory days, this time as the starting quarterback for the fictional South Georgia Catfish.

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“We have wavered so much throughout this whole process, because every time we have a fight with the insurance company it’s like reliving the trauma of that night over and over again,” Feltner said.

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He relives the period of his boyhood when his abuela was there to greet him after school and impart to him the cultural heritage he was living apart from.

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“I had to listen and relive the whole thing.”

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Related Words

• clone 
• copy 
• duplicate 
• emulate 
• imitate 
• mirror 
• photocopy 
• portray 
• print 
• recreate 
• reflect 
• repeat 
• replicate 
• reprint