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outlive


verb (used with object), out·lived, out·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.

verb (tr)

  1. to live longer than (someone)
  2. to live beyond (a date or period)he outlived the century
  3. to live through (an experience)

v.“to live longer than,” late 15c., from out (adv.) + live (v.). Related: Outlived; outliving.

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