prelive

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verb

To live in advance; to experience precognitively.

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Meanings

verbprelive (third-person singular simple present prelives, present participle preliving, simple past and past participle prelived)

present singular third person prelives · participle present preliving · participle past prelived · past prelived

  1. transitiveTo live in advance; to experience precognitively.

    How good it will be to see Mr. Wirth who relives the past and Mr. Crawford who prelives the Future!

    1950, The Peabody Reflector, volume 23, number 5, page 141
    1 more example

    A woman in Washington state prelives visits to bus and plane terminals. This enables her to know in advance which travelers to look for, along with what to say to each and why.

    2013, P. M. H. Atwater, Future Memory, page 26

Origin

From pre- + live.

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APA

prelive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prelive

MLA

“prelive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prelive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prelive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prelive.

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