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

Kelly: I always ask players - and with you, it feels even more prominent because you've played in some of the biggest games - if you could relive one game from your career, what would it be?

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“It was beyond traumatic. It’s been less than a week, but I still have moments where I relive what I saw, and I can hear the crying,” he said.

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"Families are left with a permanent digital record of their trauma, forced to relive their loss again and again whenever that footage resurfaces."

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Betty took up the opportunity to address the panel, an experience she said felt like reliving the past.

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These are the kinds of memories that allow a person to mentally relive past experiences and "travel back in time" within their own mind.

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Related Words

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