An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
OUTLIVE
outlive, outlast, survive
(verb) live longer than; “She outlived her husband by many years”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
outlive (third-person singular simple present outlives, present participle outliving, simple past and past participle outlived)
(transitive) To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive.
(transitive) To live through or past (a given time).
(transitive) To surpass in duration; outlast.
(intransitive) To live longer; continue to live.
Synonyms
• (live longer than): survive
Antonyms
• (live longer than): predecease
Anagrams
• live out, ovulite
Source: Wiktionary
Out*live", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outlived; p. pr. & vb. n. Outliving.]
Definition: To live beyond, or longer than; to survive. They live too long who happiness outlive. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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