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Depart at a later date than (7)

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outlive

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'depart' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with fundamental existence as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

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(Other definitions for outlive that I've seen before include "Die after" , "Survive beyond (another)" , "weather" , "Go on longer than" , "Survive longer than" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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