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outlast

[out-last, -lahst] Origin

out·last

[out-last, -lahst]
verb (used with object)
1.
to endure or last longer than: The pyramids outlasted the civilization that built them.
2.
to live longer than; outlive.

Origin:
1565–75; out- + last2
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outlast (ˈaʊtˌlɑːst)
 
vb
(tr) to last longer than

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outlast
"to last longer than," 1573, from out + last (v.).
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