overlive
/ (ˌəʊvəˈlɪv) /
verb
to live longer than (another person)
to survive or outlive (an event)
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How to use overlive in a sentence
The latter overlive the former; the former underlive the latter.
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 2 | Elizabeth BislandIf it overlive this day of crumbling theologies, whence will come its reprieve?
The Religious Sentiment | Daniel G. BrintonTyrwhitt substitutes to overlive, from the black-letter editions.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales | Geoffrey ChaucerTis 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 HoltAll 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
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