relived

Relived is the past tense and past participle of the verb relive. It denotes the act of experiencing again or re-creating an earlier event, either through memory, imagination, or external representation. Reliving can be conscious, as when one recalls a moment with vivid detail, or mediated, as when a story, film, or depiction allows audiences to relive an event vicariously.

In everyday language, relived is used to describe re-experiencing past events: for example, “She relived her childhood during the reunion.” In narrative arts, reliving is a common motif achieved through techniques such as flashbacks, dream sequences, or retrospective narration. In psychology, the term may appear in discussions of how people revisit memories, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, and how such revisitation relates to emotion, memory processing, and trauma.

Etymology and usage: relive is formed from the prefix re- meaning again, plus the verb live. The construction has been part of English since the early modern period, and relived follows regular verb conjugation as the simple past and past participle.

Relived does not designate a single, specific work or entity; rather, it is a general linguistic term used across disciplines to describe the re-experiencing of events, sensations, or feelings. It is commonly paired with nouns such as memories, moments, or experiences.