forlive

verb
/fə(ɹ)ˈlɪv/

Etymology

From Middle English forlyven, equivalent to for- + live. Cognate with German verleben (“to spend, spend time”).

  1. inherited from forlyven

Definitions

  1. To live pervertedly.

  2. To outlive one's strength

    To outlive one's strength; become decrepit; degenerate in race or nature; become wretched.

    • For if ye look your beginning, and God your father, author, and your maker, then is there none forlived wight or ungentle, but if he nourish his courage unto vices, and forelet his proper birth.

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Derived

forlived

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for forlive. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA