outlive

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   live longer than

   I outlived my partner by many years.

2. 2
   verb

   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.

3. 3
   verb

   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.

4. 4
   verb

   To surpass in duration; outlast.

5. 5
   verb

   To live longer; continue to live.

Etymology

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