relive

verb

re·​live (ˌ)rē-ˈliv 

relived; reliving; relives

intransitive verb

: to live again

transitive verb

: to live over again

especially : to experience again in the imagination

Examples of relive in a Sentence

an athlete trying to relive his glory days

He would sometimes relive the battle in his dreams.

Recent Examples on the Web

Stepping on to the Yemeni island of Perim is to relive history. — Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

Even still, reliving the dehumanizing cruelty of conflict and working through its aftermath might be a valuable exercise if new insights, uncovered through this one man’s PTSD journey, could then be scaled up and applied to the national psyche. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

The Huskers have ground to make up to avoid reliving the woes of teams that experienced similar seismic change. — Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026

As Bohm's trial nears, Thompson has been reliving the memories from that night and the terrible weeks that followed. — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1526, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Rhymes for relive

• argive
• forgive
• ogive
• outlive
• corroborative
• determinative
• germinative
• transformative
• give
• sieve
• resistive

Kids Definition

relive

verb

re·​live (ˈ)rē-ˈliv 

: to live over again

especially : to experience again in the imagination