OUTLIVE


Meaning of OUTLIVE in English

— 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-, LIVE 1 ]

Syn. 1. See survive .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .