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Definition of Outlast
1. Verb. Live longer than. "She outlived her husband by many years"
Definition of Outlast
1. v. t. To exceed in duration; to survive; to endure longer than.
Definition of Outlast
1. Verb. (transitive) to live, last or remain longer than something else ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outlast
1. to last longer than [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outlast
Literary usage of Outlast
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Habit and Intelligence: A Series of Essays on the Laws of Life and Mind by Joseph John Murphy (1879)
"It is a familiar fact that sensations often outlast their immediate cause;—thus,
if we look at a very bright light, we continue to see it for several ..."
2. The Theological and Literary Journal (1859)
"and anomalies is to outlast the temporary purpose it serves? May we not rather
see by those twin features impressed throughout creation, that the God of ..."
3. Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home by Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1841)
"Here I have pressed one for a memorial of her; may it not outlast the innocence
and loveliness of this " bonnie gem," Clotilde Poggione ! ..."
4. The Autobiography, Times, Opinions, and Contemporaries of Sir Egerton by Sir Egerton Brydges (1834)
"... letter-writer worth something—Age hardens native barrenness—Reflections do
not outlast the moment except in minds of imagination—Essences of thought. ..."
5. Antonina: Or, The Fall of Rome by Wilkie Collins (1874)
"Thus do the first-born affections outlast the exhaustion of all the stormy
emotions, all the aspiring thoughts of after years, which may occupy, ..."
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