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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The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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