British Dictionary definitions for overlive

overlive

verb

to live longer than (another person)
to survive or outlive (an event)

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Examples from the Web for overlive

Historical Examples

If it overlive this day of crumbling theologies, whence will come its reprieve?
The Religious Sentiment
Daniel G. Brinton
Tis even as we feared, for he saith there is no doubt that Madge is dying, nor shall she overlive many days.
Joyce Morrell's Harvest
Emily Sarah Holt
All the wretchedness of her life seems to have culminated, the little doubts she has thrust out or tried to overlive.
Floyd Grandon's Honor
Amanda Minnie Douglas
Tyrwhitt substitutes to overlive, from the black-letter editions.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer

overlive

Examples from the Web for overlive

Historical Examples

If it overlive this day of crumbling theologies, whence will come its reprieve?

Tis even as we feared, for he saith there is no doubt that Madge is dying, nor shall she overlive many days.

All the wretchedness of her life seems to have culminated, the little doubts she has thrust out or tried to overlive.

Tyrwhitt substitutes to overlive, from the black-letter editions.