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.

Nearby words

relinquish, reliquary, relique, reliquiae, relish, relive, relleno, rellies, reload, relocatable, relocate

Origin of relive

First recorded in 1540–50; re- + live¹

Related forms

re·liv·a·ble, adjective

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Examples from the Web for reliving

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Mose was singularly silent, for he was reliving his boyish life on the plains and noting the changes which had taken place.
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Never had her ignorance of life and literature so weighed on her as in reliving the short scene of her discomfiture.
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He seemed to be reliving the events, rethinking the thoughts he'd had then.
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Her thoughts were in the past, and she was reliving the years that were gone.
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A timid heart may indeed recoil from the iron necessity of reliving ad infinitum its woeful terrestrial fate.
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British Dictionary definitions for reliving

relive

/ (riːˈlɪv) /

verb

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

Derived Forms

relivable, adjective

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