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UNLIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unlive mean? 

UNLIVE (verb)
  The verb UNLIVE has 1 sense:

1. live so as to annul some previous behaviorplay

  Familiarity information: UNLIVE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNLIVE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they unlive  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it unlives  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: unlived  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: unlived  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: unliving  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Live so as to annul some previous behavior

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

live down; unlive

Context example:

You can never live this down!

Hypernyms (to "unlive" is one way to...):

live (lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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