Hypertext Webster Gateway: "survive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Survive \Sur*vive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Survived}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Surviving}.] [F. survivre, L. supervivere; super over
+ vivere to live. See {Super-}, and {Victuals}.]
To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than;
to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event.
--Cowper.
I'll assure her of Her widowhood, be it that she
survive me, In all my lands and leases whatsoever.
--Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Survive \Sur*vive"\, v. i.
To remain alive; to continue to live.
Thy pleasure, Which, when no other enemy survives,
Still conquers all the conquerors. --Sir J.
Denham.
Alike are life and death, When life in death survives.
--Longfellow.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
survive
v 1: continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and
food for 3 days"; "The legend of Elvis lives on"; "These
superstitions survive in the backwaters of America";
"The racecar driver lived through several very serious
accidents" [syn: {last}, {live}, {live on}, {go}, {endure},
{hold up}, {hold out}]
2: continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He
survived the cancer against all odds" [syn: {pull through},
{pull round}, {come through}, {make it}] [ant: {succumb}]
3: support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage";
"Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many
people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day" [syn: {exist},
{live}, {subsist}]
4: live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years"
[syn: {outlive}, {outlast}]
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