as in to remember
to experience (something) again in your imagination
an athlete trying to relive his glory days He would sometimes relive the battle in his dreams.
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Recent Examples of relive
You’re being forced to relive that all the time.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
Like the Romans drawing on ancient Greece, perhaps the task isn’t to relive history but to use it as a springboard to imagine and reimagine the future.
—Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
While Shrek pouts about missing his solo ogre days, the dastardly Rumpelstiltskin takes advantage, offering him a contract to relive that romanticized time in his life — for a day.
—Skyler Trepel September 1, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Though Wiig has been adamant that there’s no Bridesmaids sequel on the horizon, fans can relive the chaos now that the original film is streaming on Netflix.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
Like the Romans drawing on ancient Greece, perhaps the task isn’t to relive history but to use it as a springboard to imagine and reimagine the future.
—Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
While Shrek pouts about missing his solo ogre days, the dastardly Rumpelstiltskin takes advantage, offering him a contract to relive that romanticized time in his life — for a day.
—Skyler Trepel September 1, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Though Wiig has been adamant that there’s no Bridesmaids sequel on the horizon, fans can relive the chaos now that the original film is streaming on Netflix.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relive
Verb
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Dockery remembers Smith’s wit and sardonic humor on set—and her own Dowagerisms—fondly.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
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In fact, there’s a whole lot from shortly before the accident that Daniel doesn’t remember; their walk through the old church, for example.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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Six years later, Bowlan can reminisce about it all.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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Over breakfast Wednesday at Fox & Goose Public House, seven of the former lawmakers reunited to reminisce and trade war stories about working with — or against — legendary California politicians Willie Brown, John Burton, and others.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Relive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relive. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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