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Webster 1913 Edition


Unlive

Un-live′

,
Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
live
.]
To [GREEK][GREEK]ve in a contrary manner, as a life; to live in a manner contrary to.
[R.]
Glanvill.

Definition 2024


unlive

unlive

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʌnˈlaɪv/
  • Rhymes: -aɪv

Verb

unlive (third-person singular simple present unlives, present participle unliving, simple past and past participle unlived)

  1. (transitive) To bereave or deprive of life; make unalive.

Etymology 2

From un- + live.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʌnˈlɪv/
  • Rhymes: -ɪv

Verb

unlive (third-person singular simple present unlives, present participle unliving, simple past and past participle unlived)

  1. (transitive) To live (a period of time) in reverse, so that it ceases to have happened.
    I wish I could unlive the last ten years.

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