Category:Survive

Sur*vive", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Survived; p. pr. & vb. n. Surviving.] Etym: [f. survivre, l. supervivere; super over + vivere to live. See Super-, and victuals.]

Defn: 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.

Survive Sur*vive", v. i.

Defn: 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.