relive

[ ree-liv ]

/ riˈlɪv /

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verb (used with object), re·lived, re·liv·ing.

to experience again, as an emotion.

to live (one's life) again.

verb (used without object), re·lived, re·liv·ing.

to live again.

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Origin of relive

First recorded in 1540–50; re- + live¹

OTHER WORDS FROM relive

re·liv·a·ble, adjective

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How to use relive in a sentence

I am grateful I had the time to relive a lot of these memories without a deadline.
The pandemic gave me the time to finally clean out my shameful attic. Here’s what I learned.|Jura Koncius|January 21, 2021|Washington Post
“When we clean out our attics, we relive lives,” says Paxton, who now has 20 years of experience helping others sort through their homes or family estates.
How downsizing expert Matt Paxton helps Americans sort through their stuff|Jura Koncius|January 21, 2021|Washington Post
You may not want the subject of the video to relive an abuse again and again, dox the person who shot the footage, or cause more widespread trauma.
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In the seminal classic film Groundhog’s Day, Bill Murray’s character Phil Connors relives the same day over and over until he changes his own behavior — the only thing he has control over — to wake up to a new day.
‘This is the norm not the exception’: Why media buyers need to prepare for issues with Facebook’s Ads Manager|Kristina Monllos|November 9, 2020|Digiday

Reached by phone, he did not appear interested in reliving the ordeal.
Web Sleuths Get It Wrong Again in Ferguson|Tim Mak|August 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Most of the show, however, was dedicated to joyfully reliving the classics.
Monty Python Forgot Their Lines on Opening Night, but Who Cares?|Nico Hines|July 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Before he finishes, he will have broken down in tears, recounting and reliving the nightmare that has been his life.
LGBT Asylum Seekers Need America More Than Ever|Gene Robinson|June 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Each one, Kerry says, is like reliving the day he disappeared.
Authorities Test Roma Man To See If He’s Missing Boy Ben Needham|Barbie Latza Nadeau|October 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
If I had to choose between reliving the rape or the grand jury testimony I would choose the rape.
The Roman Polanski ‘Girl’ Speaks Out: Speedreading Samantha Geimer’s Memoir|Thomas Flynn|September 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Never had her ignorance of life and literature so weighed on her as in reliving the short scene of her discomfiture.
Summer|Edith Wharton
Five seconds after she went to sleep, Sue was reliving one of her yesterdays.
The Duck-footed Hound|James Arthur Kjelgaard
Later she seemed to become a child again, reliving her life in her parents' home.
Atlantis|Gerhart Hauptmann
What they are trying to find is not so much a new thrill as the reliving of an old glow—the hopefulness of their lost youth.
The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book|Various
They were reliving the same experiences and solving the same problems that had confronted David.
The Dramatization of Bible Stories|Elizabeth Erwin Miller Lobingier

British Dictionary definitions for relive

relive

/ (riːˈlɪv) /

verb

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

Derived forms of relive

relivable, adjective

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