Middle English Dictionary Entry
unliven v.
Entry Info
| Forms | unliven v. Also unlive, unlife. |
| Etymology | From liven v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To cease to exist, die; ppl. unlivinge, of a soul: spiritually dead, in a state of mortal sin; of a thing: insensate.
Associated quotations
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)229 : To folewe þe natural inclinaciouns wiþout knowing is þe fulfilling of lawe of kynde in vnlyuyng þingis, as is fier to ascende, erþe to falle doun, watir to kele, and so forþ of oþere.
- c1450 Comp.Hope (Frf 16)9 : Al for hope hath me betrayed And wanhope hath me with holde; Longed that I vnlyve [vr. vnlyfe] myght, ffor lenger me ne lyve lyste.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)70/34 : He askeþ wheþer he be vnknowyng þat quykeneþ soules when they ben vnlyuynge, for this quykener cast noȝt oute oo deuel alonly ne ii ne iii fro Marie Magdaleyn, but he caste oute alle the vii deuelys at ones.