Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To live pervertedly; degenerate in race or nature.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb intransitive To live pervertedly.
  • verb intransitive To outlive one's strength; become decrepit; degenerate in race or nature; become wretched.

Etymologies

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

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Examples

  • A specialist streaming site (think YouTube forlive events) that is mostly rubbish, and hard to search, but still holds many nuggets of the unexpected? as well as a few mainstream music gigs.secondlife. com

    The best live arts sites 2010

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