un·live

(ŭn-lĭv′)

tr.v. un·lived, un·liv·ing, un·lives

To undo the effects of; annul.

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unlive

(ʌnˈlɪv)

(tr) to live so as to nullify, undo, or live down (past events or times)

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un•live

(ʌnˈlɪv)

v.t. -lived, -liv•ing.

to undo or reverse.

[1585–95]

unlive

Past participle: unlived
Gerund: unliving

Imperative
unlive
unlive

Present
I unlive
you unlive
he/she/it unlives
we unlive
you unlive
they unlive

Preterite
I unlived
you unlived
he/she/it unlived
we unlived
you unlived
they unlived

Present Continuous
I am unliving
you are unliving
he/she/it is unliving
we are unliving
you are unliving
they are unliving

Present Perfect
I have unlived
you have unlived
he/she/it has unlived
we have unlived
you have unlived
they have unlived

Past Continuous
I was unliving
you were unliving
he/she/it was unliving
we were unliving
you were unliving
they were unliving

Past Perfect
I had unlived
you had unlived
he/she/it had unlived
we had unlived
you had unlived
they had unlived

Future
I will unlive
you will unlive
he/she/it will unlive
we will unlive
you will unlive
they will unlive

Future Perfect
I will have unlived
you will have unlived
he/she/it will have unlived
we will have unlived
you will have unlived
they will have unlived

Future Continuous
I will be unliving
you will be unliving
he/she/it will be unliving
we will be unliving
you will be unliving
they will be unliving

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been unliving
you have been unliving
he/she/it has been unliving
we have been unliving
you have been unliving
they have been unliving

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been unliving
you will have been unliving
he/she/it will have been unliving
we will have been unliving
you will have been unliving
they will have been unliving

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been unliving
you had been unliving
he/she/it had been unliving
we had been unliving
you had been unliving
they had been unliving

Conditional
I would unlive
you would unlive
he/she/it would unlive
we would unlive
you would unlive
they would unlive

Past Conditional
I would have unlived
you would have unlived
he/she/it would have unlived
we would have unlived
you would have unlived
they would have unlived

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Verb

unlive - live so as to annul some previous behavior; "You can never live this down!"

live down

live - lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war"

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As Kristeva would confirm, melancholy also entails an inability to let go, and a disavowal of negation; it makes one of these poems ask, "Isn't there a whirl inside experience that helps unlive it?

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Now, when shooting at unlive targets such as tin cans of the headlamp on brother Meryl's bicycle (I never had a bicycle), a pull on the trigger would release but the required single BB.

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