outlive

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Antonyms 1.2.3 Quotations 1.2.4 Translations 1.2.5 External links

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[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪv

[edit] Verb

to outlive (third-person singular simple present outlives, present participle outliving, simple past and past participle outlived)

1. (transitive) To live longer than.

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• (live longer than): survive

[edit] Antonyms

• (live longer than): predecease

[edit] Quotations

• 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.

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[edit] External links

• outlive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• outlive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911