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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

prelive en · VERB

Etymology

From pre- + live.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To live in advance; to experience precognitively.
    • How good it will be to see Mr. Wirth who relives the past and Mr. Crawford who prelives the Future! 1950, The Peabody Reflector, volume 23, number 5, page 141:
    • A woman in Washington state prelives visits to bus and plane terminals. This enables her to know in advance which travelers to look for, along with what to say to each and why. 2013, P. M. H. Atwater, Future Memory, page 26:

Forms

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prelives Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
preliving Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
prelived Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
prelived Tense=Past lexicographic