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What does outlive mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive.
  2. (transitive) To live through or past (a given time).
  3. (transitive) To surpass in duration; outlast.
  4. (intransitive) To live longer; continue to live.
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They meant, of course, to say that our souls outlive us, that we are more than blood and bone and corporality.
Given an adequate supply of water, air and light, a properly maintained bonsai should outlive a full-size tree of the same species.
She explained that a bonsai tree could easily outlive its owner if properly cared for.
But as Regency exuberance yielded to Victorian gentility, his style did not move with public taste, and he began to outlive his popularity.
There is Latin itself, which ultimately failed to outlive the imperium and which slowly transmuted into the vernacular Romance languages.
You know, I have to believe that this particular character will outlive me.

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