outlast
[out-last, -lahst]
verb (used with object)
to endure or last longer than: The pyramids outlasted the civilization that built them.
to live longer than; outlive.
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Origin of outlast
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outlast
verb
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outlast
"to last longer than," 1570s, from out (adv.) + last (v.). Related: Outlasted; outlasting.
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