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† ˌunderˈlive, v. Obs.
[under-1 8 b.]
refl. To live in a manner unworthy of oneself.
1655Fuller Ch. Hist. iii. vi. §37 No wonder then, if easily they did over-grow others in wealth, who basely did under⁓live themselves in all convenient accommodations. 1682Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. i. §24 They who are merely carried on by the Wheel of such Inclinations are..rather lived than living, or at least underliving themselves. |