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overlive.

To survive; to live past.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/oʊvəɹˈlɪv/General-American/əʊvəˈlɪv/Received-Pronunciation
  1. To survive; to live past.

    transitive
  2. To outlive; live longer than.

    transitive
  3. To live too long.

    intransitive
  4. To live too fast, too luxuriously, or too actively.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English overliven, from Old English oferlibban (“to survive”), equivalent to over- + live. Cognate with Dutch overleven (“to survive”), German überleben (“to survive, outlive”), Swedish överleva (“to survive, outlive, outlast”).

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