outlive

outlive
outliver, n.
/owt'liv"/, v.t., outlived, outliving.
1. to live longer than; survive (a person, period, etc.): She outlived her husband by many years.
2. to outlast; live or last through: The ship outlived the storm. He hopes to outlive the stigma of his imprisonment.
[1425-75; late ME outliven. See OUT-, LIVE1]
Syn. 1. See survive.

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