Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overlive

/oʊvəɹˈlɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-live
IPA: /oʊvəɹˈlɪv/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To survive; to live past.

Transitive verb

verb

To outlive; live longer than.

Transitive verb

verb

To live too long.

Intransitive verb

verb

To live too fast, too luxuriously, or too actively.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"[M]y disease cannot survive me, I may overlive it."
""Her Majesty's life will never be safe for a moment while she lives; and what would become of us all did she overlive the Queen!""
"Why do I overlive? Why am I mocked with death, and lengthened out to deathless pain?"
"The misguided youngsters are yachting, attending the races, playing the "stage Johnny," automobiling, playing poker for high stakes, overliving at home, on expensive shopping tours, attending box parties to the theatre, visiting high-priced restaurants, etc., etc."

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”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over
Root: overliven, oferlibban

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /oʊvəɹˈlɪv/
British English: /əʊvəˈlɪv/

Usage

Inflected Forms

overlives (present, singular) overliving (participle, present) overlived (participle, past) overlived (past)

Derived Forms

overliver

Questions

How do you pronounce overlive?: The recorded pronunciation is /oʊvəɹˈlɪv/.
What does overlive mean?: To survive; to live past.
Where does overlive come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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