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[syn: surviving, living]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
I'll assure her of
Her widowhood, be it that she survive me,
In all my lands and leases whatsoever. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Surviving \Sur*viv"ing\, a.
Remaining alive; yet living or existing; as, surviving
friends; surviving customs.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
surviving
adj 1: still in existence; "the Wollemi pine found in Australia
is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been
long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil";
"the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania"
[syn: surviving, living]