overlive

Pronunciation: /oʊvəɹˈlɪv/

The English word “overlive” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

To survive; to live past.
To outlive; live longer than.
To live too long.
To live too fast, too luxuriously, or too actively.

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”).

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