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outlive

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out⋅live

  [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 ME outliven. See out-, live 1

Related forms:
outliver, noun

Synonyms:
1. See survive.
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out·live   (out-lĭv')   
tr.v.   out·lived, out·liv·ing, out·lives

  1. To live longer than: She outlived her son.

  2. To continue in use or existence long enough to survive (something else): a regulation that has outlived its usefulness.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

outlive 
"to live longer than," 1472, from out + live (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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