Outlast

Outlast

Verb · /ˌaʊtˈlɑːst/

Definition

To last or endure longer than something or someone else; to survive beyond the end or duration of another person or thing; to continue in existence when other things have ceased.

Origin

From out- (surpassing, beyond, more than) + last (to endure, to continue in existence — from Old English lǣstan, to follow, to perform, to continue). The out- prefix in its surpassing sense, as in outrun, outgrow, outlive, outlast. The verb last in the sense of to endure or continue in existence appearing from Old English. Outlast therefore meaning to endure more than — to continue when others have ceased. The word appearing in English from the sixteenth century.