Definitions for: Survive


[v] 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"
[v] continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents"
[v] live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years"
[v] continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


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.

Synonyms: come through, exist, live, make it, outlast, outlive, pull round, pull through, subsist

Antonyms: succumb, yield

See Also: be, breathe, convalesce, defeat, drift, freewheel, hold water, indwell, live out, overcome, perennate, recover, recuperate, stand up

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