mislive
English
Etymology
From Middle English misliven, from Old English mislibban (“to lead a bad life”), equivalent to mis- + live.
Verb
mislive (third-person singular simple present mislives, present participle misliving, simple past and past participle mislived)
- To lead a wrong or evil life; live wrongly.
Derived terms
- mislived
- misliver
- misliving
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)