overlive

Meaning

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

Synonyms

outlive

survive

Translations

overleven

sobrevivir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əʊvə(ɹ)ˈlɪv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: overliven

Inherited from Old English: oferlibban

Cognate with Dutch: overleven

Cognate with German: überleben

Cognate with Swedish: överleva

In summary

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”).