overlive
Britishverb
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to live longer than (another person)
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to survive or outlive (an event)
Example Sentences
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The assaults of affliction may be terrible, like Sampsons Lyon, but they yeild much sweetness to those that dare to encounter and overcome them; who know how to overlive the witherings of their Gourds without discontent or peevishness, while they may yet converse with God.
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If it overlive this day of crumbling theologies, whence will come its reprieve?
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If we could only use folks we love, while they do live, with the like loving reverence as we shall do after they be dead, if we overlive them!
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She is rather pleased than otherwise, she even breathes little bits of encouragement and commendation to Violet, as if seconding her efforts; and Violet falls into the mistake that many have made before her, of comforting a young man and assisting him to overlive his fancy for another woman, as well as secretly blaming the other.
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All the wretchedness of her life seems to have culminated, the little doubts she has thrust out or tried to overlive.
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