Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To outlive; survive.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To outlive.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive, obsolete To outlive; survive.

Etymologies

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From Middle English overbiden, from Old English oferbīdan ("to outlast, outlive"), equivalent to over- +‎ bide.

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