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outsurvived

outsurvived is the simple past and past participle of outsurvive.

Meaning of outsurvive

Verb

outsurvive (third-person singular simple present outsurvives, present participle outsurviving, simple past and past participle outsurvived)

  1. (transitive) To survive longer than; to outlive.
    • It is not the case that A outsurvived B because A had greater fitness. If A outsurvived B, it was because A possessed some set of properties, P, that B lacked.1992, P. E. Griffiths, Trees of Life: Essays in Philosophy of Biology, page 155
    Synonyms:
    survive

Questions about outsurvived

What is outsurvived the simple past and past participle of?
Outsurvived is the simple past and past participle of outsurvive.

Words near outsurvived in the dictionary

  1. outsurpass
  2. outsurpassed
  3. outsurpasses
  4. outsurpassing
  5. outsurvive
  6. outsurvived
  7. outsurvives
  8. outsurviving
  9. outswagger
  10. outswaggered
  11. outswaggering

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