Verb

(outliv)

To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive.

* 1592–1609 , William Shakespeare, Sonnet XXXVIII .:

And he that calls on thee, let him bring forth / Eternal numbers to outlive long date.

* 2003 , Bernard O'Donoghue, Outliving, page 1:

If anything / it makes it worse, your early death, that / having now at last outlived you, I too / have broken ranks.

To live through or past (a given time).

* 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :

This must have been the way mamma had first looked at Sir Claude; it brought back the lustre of the time they had outlived .

To surpass in duration; outlast.

To live longer; continue to live.

Verb

To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships.

The singer's popularity endured for decades.

To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.

To last.

Our love will endure forever.

* Bible, Job viii. 15

He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not endure .

To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.

* Bible, Ezekiel xxii. 14

Can thine heart endure , or can thine hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with thee?

To suffer patiently.

He endured years of pain.

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(obsolete) To indurate.