overlipt (overlip)

Sw. öfverläpp lip.] The upper lip. = Hire over - lippe wypede sche so clene. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 133. overlive (ō-vér-liv'), v. [ over liven , oferlibban (= D. MLG. overleven = MHG. G. überleben = Sw. öfverlefva = Dan. over leve ) , ofer , over, + libban , live: see livel .] I. trans. To outlive; live longer than; survive. Basilius will not long overlive this lo . Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, iii. Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua. Josh. xxiv. 31. II. in trans. 1. To live too long. Why do I overlive ? Why am I mock'd with death, and lengthen'd out To deathle pain? Milton , P. L., x. 773. 2. To live too fast or too actively. Browning. [Rare in both senses.] over liver (ō-vér-liv'er), n. One who survives or lives longer than another; a survivor. And if it chanced anie of them to depart this life, the overliuers should persist therein. Holinshed, Rich. II., an. 1388.