verb (used with object), re·lived, re·liv·ing.
- to experience again, as an emotion.
- to live (one’s life) again.
verb (used without object), re·lived, re·liv·ing.
- to live again.
verb
- (tr) to experience (a sensation, event, etc) again, esp in the imagination
1540s, “to come to life again” (also “to restore to life again”), from re- “back, again” + live (v.). Meaning “to experience over again” is attested from c.1711. Related: Relived; reliving.