About The Word Survive
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Survive
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What's The Definition Of 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Survive: come through | exist | live | make it | outlast | outlive | pull round | pull through | subsist Related Terms | Find terms related to Survive: See Also | be | breathe | convalesce | defeat | drift | freewheel | hold water | indwell | live out | overcome | perennate | recover | recuperate | stand up Survive In Webster's Dictionary \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. |
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