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Definition of Outlive
1. Verb. Live longer than. "She outlived her husband by many years"
Definition of Outlive
1. v. t. To live beyond, or longer than; to survive.
Definition of Outlive
1. Verb. (transitive) To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To live through or past (a given time). ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To surpass in duration; outlast. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) To live longer; continue to live. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outlive
1. to live longer than [v -LIVED, -LIVING, -LIVES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outlive
Literary usage of Outlive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"I trust to outlive this mania also. As usual, I do not ask beforehand what you
think of it, and I may have put my hand into a hornet's nest; ..."
2. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1882)
"The pleasure I derive from its contemplation has survived many others, and should
I live Ion g, will I think, outlive all that I am now capable of. ..."
3. The Arithmetic of Annuities and Life Assurance, Or Compound Interest Simplified by Edward Baylis (1844)
"30 and 39, will outlive the term of 28 years ? ... 21 and 26, will not outlive
the other the term of 30 years? . . . Answer, .22342. ..."
4. A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865 by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams (1920)
"At the age of Lord Palmerston, it would not surprise me if he should not outlive
the Parliament. In that case, the chances would be that Lord Derby would ..."
5. The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1837)
"... dread growing wise more than any thing in the world, was overjoyed to find
that one can never outlive one's vanity. I have never received the long ..."
6. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson, Apostles' creed, Edward Burton (1847)
"... divers of the plants of the earth, are of a more durable constitution, and
outlive the sons of men. And can we think that such material and mortal, ..."
7. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"To outlive. Used by Bacon, Essay xxvii. OVERLY, a. Slight, superficial ; so
interpreted by Coles, and translated ¡nit, ..."
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