overlive

Etymology

From Middle English overliven, from Old English oferlibban (“to survive”), equivalent to over- + live. Cognate with Dutch overleven (“to survive”), German überleben (“to survive, outlive”), Swedish överleva (“to survive, outlive, outlast”).

verb

  1. (transitive) To survive; to live past.
  2. (transitive) To outlive; live longer than.
    [M]y disease cannot survive me, I may overlive it. 1624, John Donne, Meditation VII
    "Her Majesty's life will never be safe for a moment while she lives; and what would become of us all did she overlive the Queen!" 1891, Charlotte M. Yonge, chapter 31, in Unknown to History: A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland
  3. (intransitive) To live too long.
    The misguided youngsters are yachting, attending the races, playing the "stage Johnny," automobiling, playing poker for high stakes, overliving at home, on expensive shopping tours, attending box parties to the theatre, visiting high-priced restaurants, etc., etc. 1909, “"How Can He Do It?"”, in Notions and Fancy Goods, volume 43, page 30
  4. (intransitive) To live too fast, too luxuriously, or too actively.

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