Overliven

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To continue living longer than someone else or past a particular point in time, surviving what others did not
2. To live on after another person, thing, or period has ended, enduring beyond its natural span
3. To remain alive past the death or end of a companion, era, or event, and so outlast it

Etymology: "Overliven" is a transparent English formation: the prefix "over-," meaning "too much" or "excessively," attached to "liven," which means to make lively. "Liven" itself was formed from the adjective "lively," which has roots in the Old English "lif" (life), so the whole word traces back to the idea of being full of life. English speakers have long built verbs this way, adding "over-" to existing verbs to mean doing something to excess, as with "overcook" or "overdo."