outlive
/ˌaʊtˈlɪv/
verb
- To live longer than someone or something.
- The old oak tree outlived the house that once stood beside it.
- She outlived her husband by twenty years.
- Turtles can outlive many other animals, sometimes reaching over a hundred years.
- To continue to exist after something else has ended or disappeared.
- Some old buildings outlive the cities that grew around them.
- His music will outlive him for generations.
- The tradition has outlived its original purpose but continues anyway.
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