verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To bereave or deprive of life; make unalive. rare, transitive
2. 2
   To undo having lived (a period of time) (for example, by living it in reverse), so that it ceases to have happened. transitive

   "I wish I could unlive the last ten years."

3. 3
   live so as to annul some previous behavior wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

live down

Example

More examples

"I wish I could unlive the last ten years."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From un- + live, as in alive.

Etymology 2

From un- + live.

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