English Explanatory Dictionary

mislive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To lead a wrong, corrupt, or evil life; to live wrongly.

Pronunciation

/mɪsˈlɪv/

Word forms

mislive mislives misliving mislived

Etymology

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

Derived words

mislived misliver misliving

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