forliven

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === forlyven === Etymology === From for- +‎ liven. Cognate with German verleben (“to spend, spend time”). === Pronunciation === === Verb === forliven (third-person singular simple present forliveth, present participle forlivende, forlivynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle forlived) (intransitive) To age or become decrepit with age. a. 1398, John Trevisa, transl. Bartholomeus Anglicus as De Proprietatibus Rerum (MS BL Add. 27944), Vol. I, p. 628: A forlyued cok leiþ eiren in his laste elde... and ȝif any venemous worme sittiþ on broode þerevppon in þe canyculer dayes, þerof is igendrid... a cocatrice. (intransitive) To degenerate. ==== Derived terms ==== forlived