mislive

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪsˈlɪv/

Verb

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

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

Derived terms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mislive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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