forlive

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Pronunciation

/fə(ɹ)ˈlɪv/

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/fə(ɹ)ˈlɪv/ · /fɔː(ɹ)ˈlɪv/

Definition of forlive

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verb

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

“For if ye look your beginning, and God your father, author, and your maker, then is there none forlived wight or ungentle, but if he nourish his courage unto vices, and forelet his proper birth.”

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

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