as in to remember
to experience (something) again in your imagination
an athlete trying to relive his glory days He would sometimes relive the battle in his dreams.
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Recent Examples of relive
The footage relives the last year of Cinnamon's life.
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Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025
Here, relive the best, worst and most eyebrow-raising moments from this year's ACM Awards.
—Brendan Le, People.com, 9 May 2025
In this iconic film, Bill Murray’s character, Phil Connors, relives the same day over and over again with much hilarity.
—Michael Hicks, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Books Griffin Dunne’s sister’s murder provides the pulse of his family memoir
June 7, 2024
Working on the book also means reliving, and sometimes re-questioning, his own life choices.
—Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
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Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025
Here, relive the best, worst and most eyebrow-raising moments from this year's ACM Awards.
—Brendan Le, People.com, 9 May 2025
In this iconic film, Bill Murray’s character, Phil Connors, relives the same day over and over again with much hilarity.
—Michael Hicks, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Books Griffin Dunne’s sister’s murder provides the pulse of his family memoir
June 7, 2024
Working on the book also means reliving, and sometimes re-questioning, his own life choices.
—Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
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Pryor was a savant at polishing his challenging circumstances and debilitating neuroses into crowd-pleasing material, and this is broadly how he’s remembered in comedy history.—
Vulture Staff,
Vulture,
23 May 2025
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Ultimately, all the castaways remember their Island lives and have emotional reunions.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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Winkler has been reminiscing in recent months about some of his most memorable moments from his years starring in Happy Days, which ran from 1974 to 1984 on ABC.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
22 May 2025
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Vintage National Parks Puzzle $22 Uncommon Goods Still reminiscing about that camping trip to Arcadia?—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
14 May 2025
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“Relive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relive. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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