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Outliving

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.

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outliving

vb. (present participle of outlive English)

Usage examples of "outliving".

Parents who lost young children spent five or six years - sometimes a decade or even more -striving, often fruitlessly, merely to overcome the conviction that they themselves should be dead instead of their offspring, that outliving their children was sinful or selfish - or even monstrously wicked.

Coming eastward, he would have welcomed death, for the wrongness of outliving his family had been heavy on his mind - but now, westward bound, he had a reason to live.

Parents who lost young children spent five or six years—sometimes a decade or even more—striving, often fruitlessly, merely to overcome the conviction that they themselves should be dead instead of their offspring, that outliving their children was sinful or selfish—or even monstrously wicked.

Coming eastward, he would have welcomed death, for the wrongness of outliving his family had been heavy on his mind—but now, westward bound, he had a reason to live.