OUTLAST

outlive, outlast, survive

(verb) live longer than; “She outlived her husband by many years”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

outlast (third-person singular simple present outlasts, present participle outlasting, simple past and past participle outlasted)

(transitive) To live, last or remain longer than.

Anagrams

• last out, salt out

Source: Wiktionary


Out*last", v. t.

Definition: To exceed in duration; to survive; to endure longer than. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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FISSILE

(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”


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The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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