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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a false belief or opinion.

the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid.

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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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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.
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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.
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Reached by phone, he did not appear interested in reliving the ordeal.
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Before he finishes, he will have broken down in tears, recounting and reliving the nightmare that has been his life.
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Each one, Kerry says, is like reliving the day he disappeared.
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I was reliving what had just happened, trying to find an explanation for what I was going through.
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If you're interested in reliving the local housing market's rise and fall, I highly recommend this discussion forum.
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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.
The Eagle's Heart|Hamlin Garland
Never had her ignorance of life and literature so weighed on her as in reliving the short scene of her discomfiture.
Summer|Edith Wharton
He seemed to be reliving the events, rethinking the thoughts he'd had then.
The Sky Is Falling|Lester del Rey
Her thoughts were in the past, and she was reliving the years that were gone.
Lancashire Idylls (1898)|Marshall Mather
A timid heart may indeed recoil from the iron necessity of reliving ad infinitum its woeful terrestrial fate.
Prophets of Dissent|Otto Heller

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

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

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

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

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