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outlive
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Outlive \Out*live"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outlived ; p. pr. & vb. n. Outliving .] To live beyond, or longer than; to survive. They live too long who happiness outlive. --Dryden.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to live longer than," late 15c., from out (adv.) + live (v.). Related: Outlived ; outliving .
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES outlived...usefulness (= is no longer useful ) ▪ As a commuter service, the ferry has outlived its usefulness . COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN usefulness ▪ It also includes discouraging cultural traits that have outlived ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years" [syn: outlast , survive ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive. 2 (context transitive English) To live through or past (a given time). 3 (context transitive English) To surpass in duration; outlast. 4 (context ...
Usage examples of outlive.
Lady Alannys had outlived her husband Lord Balon, who had seemed so hard and strong.
That was a signal to you that Blane had outlived his usefulness, that he was becoming a liability.
He himself had outlived the great Lews Therin Telamon, handing out praise for victories he could not have won himself and expecting others to lap it up.
Navy cryptologist wrote that the Naval Security Group had outlived its usefulness and that the precious money used to run it would be better spent elsewhere in the Navy.
Production has been abolished, and reproduced mass-media images circulate randomly and fragmentarily on their own, having outlived their ostensible purpose of creating demand and stimulating sales.
Feeling shock dim his mind, Tregare shook his head to clear it, and was reminded of his promise to Hawkman: that dal Nardo would not outlive this woman.
Pilar Ternera, it is she, but again with essential differences: Lara was never a prostitute, despite rumors to that effect, and Lara will probably outlive Pilar, who outlived the most longevous old ladies of my Caucasus, where it is not uncommon to find a Svanetian dowager of 120 years.
Let me assure you that whatever you may learn in this or any other course of public lectures,--and I trust you will learn a great deal,--the daily guidance, counsel, example, of your medical father, for such the Oath of Hippocrates tells you to consider your preceptor, will, if he is in any degree like him of whom I have spoken, be the foundation on which all that we teach is reared, and perhaps outlive most of our teachings, as in Dr.
But gradually the feeling about Ferdinand Lopez had died away, and his fate, though it had outlived the nominal nine days, had sunk into general oblivion before the end of the ninth week.
There was a pair of deltatheridiums, ratlike omnivores, neither marsupial nor placental, a unique line that would not outlive the dinosaurs.
That dull, inglorious empire had antedated or outlived Venice and Genoa, Florence and Siena, the England of Cromwell, the Holland of the Stadtholders, and the France of many revolutions, and all the fleeting democracies which sprang from these.
Spartacus decided the hollow on Vesuvius had outlived its usefulness and moved his legion out.
The amoeba outlives the tiger because it divides and continues in its immortal monotony.
The Lord of the Crossing had outlived seven wives and was now wed to his eighth, but he spoke of them only as bedwarmers and brood mares.
She outlived the horrors of the Revolution and speaks in her memoirs of the man Bertin.