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unlive

/ʌnˈlaɪv/

unlive verb: to bereave or deprive of life; make unalive.

Verb (1)

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

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

Verb (2)

IPA/ʌnˈlɪv/

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

  1. (transitive) To undo having lived (a period of time) (for example, by living it in reverse), so that it ceases to have happened.
    • I wish I could unlive the last ten years.

Forms of unlive

third-person singular presentunlives
present participleunliving
past participleunlived
pastunlived

Origin of unlive

From un- + live, as in alive.

From un- + live.

Words that rhyme with unlive

34 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about unlive

What does unlive mean?
Unlive means to bereave or deprive of life; make unalive.
What part of speech is unlive?
Unlive is a verb.
How do you pronounce unlive?
Unlive is pronounced /ʌnˈlaɪv/.
What is the past tense of unlive?
The past tense of unlive is unlived.

Words near unlive in the dictionary

  1. unlittle
  2. unliturgical
  3. unlivable
  4. unlivableness
  5. unlivably
  6. unlive
  7. unliveable
  8. unliveableness
  9. unliveably
  10. unlived
  11. unliveliness

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