Meanings
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1
verb
To live longer than someone else.
She outlived her husband by twenty years.
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2
verb
To last or remain useful longer than something.
The old machine outlived all the newer models.
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outlivedoutlivesoutliving
Derived forms
outliver
Etymology
From Middle English outliven, equivalent to out- + live.
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