mislive

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/mɪsˈlɪv/

verb

To lead a wrong, corrupt, or evil life; to live wrongly.

OriginMiddle English misliven ← Old English mislibban →
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Meanings

verbmislive (third-person singular simple present mislives, present participle misliving, simple past and past participle mislived)

present singular third person mislives · participle present misliving · participle past mislived · past mislived

  1. To lead a wrong, corrupt, or evil life; to live wrongly.

Origin

  1. Old Englishmislibban“to lead a bad life”
  2. Middle Englishmisliven
  3. Englishmislive

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

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APA

mislive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mislive

MLA

“mislive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mislive. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mislive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mislive.

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