English Explanatory Dictionary

overlive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To survive; to live past.
  2. To outlive; live longer than.
  3. To live too long.
  4. To live too fast, too luxuriously, or too actively.

Pronunciation

/oʊvəɹˈlɪv/ /əʊvəˈlɪv/

Word forms

overlive overlives overliving overlived

Etymology

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”).

Derived words

overliver
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