relive
verb
re·live
(ˌ)rē-ˈliv 
relived; reliving; relives
: to live again
: 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.
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Saskia relives the life of Anisa, a Javanese woman in 1942 – entangled in a love triangle with plantation owner Jan Stokman and his wife, Marie.
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
Testifying at her own trial had been an excruciating exercise, Wilkens told me, not only because describing the abuse meant reliving it.
—Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Perhaps the only thing better than winning a title is reliving it.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2026
Gellar expressed gratitude for at least getting to relive her memories of the series’ first incarnation, which ran from 1997 to 2003 on WB and then UPN.
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
Testifying at her own trial had been an excruciating exercise, Wilkens told me, not only because describing the abuse meant reliving it.
—Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Perhaps the only thing better than winning a title is reliving it.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2026
Gellar expressed gratitude for at least getting to relive her memories of the series’ first incarnation, which ran from 1997 to 2003 on WB and then UPN.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for relive
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“Relive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relive. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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relive
verb
re·live
(ˈ)rē-ˈliv
: to live over again
especially
: to experience again in the imagination
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