"forliven" meaning in Middle English

See forliven in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: forliveth [present, singular, third-person], forlivende [participle, present], forlivynge [participle, present], forlived [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], forlyven [alternative]
Etymology: From for- + liven. Cognate with German verleben (“to spend, spend time”). Etymology templates: {{pre|enm|for-|liven}} for- + liven, {{cog|de|verleben|t=to spend, spend time}} German verleben (“to spend, spend time”) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} forliven, {{enm-verb|stem=forliv}} forliven (third-person singular simple present forliveth, present participle forlivende, forlivynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle forlived)
  1. (intransitive) To age or become decrepit with age. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-forliven-enm-verb-6kqisZsR Categories (other): Middle English terms prefixed with for- Disambiguation of Middle English terms prefixed with for-: 51 49
  2. (intransitive) To degenerate. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-forliven-enm-verb-Hw8qW6wC Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms prefixed with for-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Middle English terms prefixed with for-: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: forlived

Inflected forms

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        "To degenerate."
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