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outlive
[
out-
liv
]
Origin
out·live
/
ˌaʊtˈlɪv
/
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[
out-
liv
]
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verb (used with object),
-lived,
-liv·ing.
1.
to live longer than; survive (a person, period, etc.):
She outlived her husband by many years.
2.
to outlast; live or last through:
The ship outlived the storm. He hopes to outlive the stigma of his imprisonment.
Origin:
1425–75;
late Middle English
outliven.
See
out-
,
live
1
Related forms
out·liv·er,
noun
Synonyms
1.
See
survive.
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outlive
(ˌaʊtˈlɪv)
—
vb
1.
to live longer than (someone)
2.
to live beyond (a date or period):
he outlived the century
3.
to live through (an experience)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
outlive
"to live longer than," 1472, from
out
+
live
(v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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