overlive

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /oʊvəɹˈlɪv/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əʊvəˈlɪv/ === Verb === overlive (third-person singular simple present overlives, present participle overliving, simple past and past participle overlived) (transitive) To survive; to live past. (transitive) To outlive; live longer than. (intransitive) To live too long. (intransitive) To live too fast, too luxuriously, or too actively. ==== Derived terms ==== overliver === References === “overlive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === overveil