English Explanatory Dictionary

overbide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To outlive; survive.

Word forms

overbide overbides overbiding overbode overbid overbided overbidden

Etymology

From Middle English overbiden, from Old English oferbīdan (“to outlast, outlive”), equivalent to over- + bide.

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