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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Outleve, -leive, -leiwe, v. [Late ME. outleve (1472), e.m.E. outlyue (1560), -live, and Leve v.4] tr. To outlive, live longer than a. another person, b. a certain space of time. —a. 1598 James VI Basil. Doron I. 154/1.
& because it is lykelie … that my uyfe sall outleue me 1636 Aberd. B. Rec. III. 96.
If he outleiwed the said Patrik 1658 Hunter Fam. P. 58.
Outleiveb. 1625 Justiciary Cases I. 22.
Quhan ane persone is woundit … and outleves thre dayis
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