Outendured

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Lasted beyond the point where someone or something else had given way or come to an end
2. Remained in existence for a longer period than a rival, companion, or competitor managed to
3. Survived past the limit of another's staying power, continuing on after the other had stopped

Etymology: "Outendured" is the simple past and past participle of "outendure," a verb formed from the prefix "out-" and "endure." The base verb follows the standard English pattern in which "out-" attached to an existing verb adds the sense of surpassing, going beyond, or doing something more or longer than others. "Endure" itself comes from Latin "indurare," meaning to harden, and passed into English through Old French, so the new verb simply stretches an old word's meaning. Here the sense is to last longer than something else, or to survive beyond the limit of another thing or person.

Synonyms: outlasted, outlived, outdured