Outlive

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /aÊŠtˈlɪv/
• Rhymes: -ɪv

Origin

From Middle English outliven, equivalent to - + live.

Full definition of outlive

Verb

1. (transitive) To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive.
• 1592–1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet XXXVIII.:And he that calls on thee, let him bring forth
  Eternal numbers to outlive long date.
• 2003, Bernard O'Donoghue, Outliving, page 1:If anything
  it makes it worse, your early death, that
  having now at last outlived you, I too
  have broken ranks.
2. (transitive) To live through or past (a given time).
• 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:This must have been the way mamma had first looked at Sir Claude; it brought back the lustre of the time they had outlived.
3. (transitive) To surpass in duration; outlast.
4. (intransitive) To live longer; continue to live.

Synonyms

• (live longer than): survive

Antonyms

• (live longer than): predecease

Derived terms

• outliver