Definition of "outlive" []

• To live longer than: She outlived her son. (verb-transitive)
• To continue in use or existence long enough to survive (something else): a regulation that has outlived its usefulness. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "It'll be fascinating to see how greater DVR penetration changes networks and advertisers, as well as to see how TiVo's own story unfolds -- despite the fanatical loyalty of TiVo users like me, I wouldn't be surprised to have the name outlive the company as a synonym for DVR, which would be a rather heroic failure."
• "Â May the written word outlive the spoken and may his books influence not only fathers and children today, but also society for generations to come."
• "And as to the necessity of it, I look upon it as no less than a completion of baptism in such as outlive their childhood; and for that cause called by the ancients telei'osis."