outlive

Etymology

From Middle English outliven, equivalent to out- + live.

verb

  1. (transitive) To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive.
    And he that calls on thee, let him bring forth / Eternal numbers to outlive long date. 1592–1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet XXXVIII.
    If anything / it makes it worse, your early death, that / having now at last outlived you, I too / have broken ranks. 2003, Bernard O'Donoghue, Outliving,, page 1
  2. (transitive) To live through or past (a given time).
    This must have been the way mamma had first looked at Sir Claude; it brought back the lustre of the time they had outlived. 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew
  3. (transitive) To surpass in duration; outlast.
  4. (intransitive) To live longer; continue to live.

Attribution / Disclaimer All definitions come directly from Wiktionary using the Wiktextract library. We do not edit or curate the definitions for any words, if you feel the definition listed is incorrect or offensive please suggest modifications directly to the source (wiktionary/outlive), any changes made to the source will update on this page periodically.