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unlive

[uhn-liv]
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verb (used with object), un·lived, un·liv·ing.
  1. to undo or reverse (past life, experiences, etc.): to unlive his crimes by making retribution.
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Origin of unlive

First recorded in 1585–95; un-2 + live1
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Examples from the Web for unlive

Historical Examples

  • He might live them over or live them down, but unlive them he could not.

    Phases of an Inferior Planet

    Ellen Glasgow

  • Thus they unlive their former lives, and commence men by forgetting that they ever have been boys.

  • Seeing the mishap from the shore, our Captain sung out to the boys to save whatever of the unlive stock in it they could.

    Buckskin Mose

    Buckskin Mose

British Dictionary definitions for unlive

unlive

verb
  1. (tr) to live so as to nullify, undo, or live down (past events or times)
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