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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Example sentences from the Web for unlive
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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