Etymology

mislive

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Today it means: To lead a wrong, corrupt, or evil life; to live wrongly. Full definition →

Middle English misliven ← Old English mislibban
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  1. Old English · inherited frommislibban“to lead a bad life”
  2. Middle English · inherited frommisliven
  3. English todaymislive

From Middle English misliven, from Old English mislibban (“to lead a bad life”), equivalent to mis- + live.

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