# overlive

> English word · Verb · IPA /oʊvəɹˈlɪv/

## Definitions
1. To survive; to live past.
2. To outlive; live longer than.
3. To live too long.
4. To live too fast, too luxuriously, or too actively.

## 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”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/overlive