prelive

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pre- +‎ live

Verb[edit]

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

  1. (transitive) To live in advance; to experience precognitively.
    • 1950, The Peabody Reflector, volume 23, number 5, page 141:
      How good it will be to see Mr. Wirth who relives the past and Mr. Crawford who prelives the Future!
    • 2013, P. M. H. Atwater, Future Memory, page 26:
      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.