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unlive
[ uhn-liv ]
/ ʌnˈlɪv /
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verb (used with object), un·lived, un·liv·ing.
to undo or reverse (past life, experiences, etc.): to unlive his crimes by making retribution.
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How to use unlive in a sentence
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 MoseHe might live them over or live them down, but unlive them he could not.
Phases of an Inferior Planet|Ellen GlasgowThus they unlive their former lives, and commence men by forgetting that they ever have been boys.
The History of Virginia, in Four Parts|Robert Beverley
British Dictionary definitions for unlive
unlive
/ (ʌnˈlɪv) /
verb
(tr) to live so as to nullify, undo, or live down (past events or times)
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