Outlive

verb

verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive. transitive

    "And he that calls on thee, let him bring forth / Eternal numbers to outlive long date."

  2. 2
    live longer than wordnet
  3. 3
    To live through or past (a given time). transitive

    "This must have been the way mamma had first looked at Sir Claude; it brought back the lustre of the time they had outlived."

  4. 4
    To surpass in duration; outlast. transitive
  5. 5
    To live longer; continue to live. intransitive

Synonyms

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survivecontinueoutlastovercomesurvive

Example

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"Wives usually outlive husbands."

Etymology

From Middle English outliven, equivalent to out- + live.

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