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outsurvive

verb

Etymology

From out- + survive.

  1. derived from super — “over”
  2. derived from supervivere — “to outlive”
  3. derived from survivre
  4. derived from survivre
  5. prefixed as outsurvive — “out + survive”

Definitions

  1. To survive longer than

    To survive longer than; to outlive.

    • It is not the case that A outsurvived B because A had greater fitness. If A outsurvived B, it was because A possessed some set of properties, P, that B lacked.
    • In war, merely to outsurvive the enemy can be an advantage. He who survives can communicate his outsurvival to headquarters, meaning that the masters he serves will know of the outcome of his struggle even if he dies shortly thereafter.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA