unˈlive, v.
[un-2 3, 4.]
† 1. trans. To deprive of life. Obs.
| 1593 Shakes. Lucr. 1754 If in the child the father's image lies, Where shall I live now Lucrece is unlived? c 1600 Chalkhill Thealma & Cl. 131 Happy had it been, if my stern fate Had..un-liv'd me then. 1621 Quarles Div. Poems, Esther Introd., These braue Ioynt-tenants that suruiu'd To see a little world of men vnliu'd. 1635 [Glapthorne] Lady Mother v. ii, in Bullen O. Pl. (1883) II. 188 But..suppose he did unlive Thurston in faire duell? 1702 Burlesque Lestrange's Quevedo 244 A Plot that may himself unlive. |
2. To reverse, undo, or annul (past life or experience.)
| 1614 Bp. Hall Char. Virtues & Vices i. 249 As if he desired to vnliue his youth. 1661 Glanvill Van. Dogm. 72 We must unlive our former lives. 1688 Norris Love ii. i. 68 To unravel the prejudices of our youth, and..unlive our former life. a 1716 South Serm. (1744) VII. v. 92 Many entertain principles which they defy by their practices, and unlive all that they have believed. 1850 S. Dobell Roman vii, Years are unlived! 1879 Churchman I. 16 Not in our power is it to unlive the past. |
Hence unˈliving vbl. n.
| 1599 Nashe Lenten Stuffe K iv b, Nor liuest thou [= a herring] by the vnlyuing or euiscerating of others, as most fishes do. |