verb (used with object), out·lived, out·liv·ing.
- to live longer than; survive (a person, period, etc.): She outlived her husband by many years.
- to outlast; live or last through: The ship outlived the storm. He hopes to outlive the stigma of his imprisonment.
verb (tr)
- to live longer than (someone)
- to live beyond (a date or period)he outlived the century
- to live through (an experience)
v.“to live longer than,” late 15c., from out (adv.) + live (v.). Related: Outlived; outliving.