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outlived

outlived is the simple past and past participle of outlive.

Meaning of outlive

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive.
    • And he that calls on thee, let him bring forth / Eternal numbers to outlive long date.1592–1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet XXXVIII.
    Synonyms:
    survive
  2. (transitive) To live through or past (a given time).
    • This must have been the way mamma had first looked at Sir Claude; it brought back the lustre of the time they had outlived.1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew
  3. (transitive) To surpass in duration; outlast.
  4. (intransitive) To live longer; continue to live.

Questions about outlived

What is outlived the simple past and past participle of?
Outlived is the simple past and past participle of outlive.

Words near outlived in the dictionary

  1. outlitigate
  2. outlitigated
  3. outlitigates
  4. outlitigating
  5. outlive
  6. outlived
  7. outliver
  8. outlivers
  9. outlives
  10. outliveth
  11. outliving

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