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Webster 1913 Edition

Survive

Sur-vive′

,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare

Sur-vive′

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Survive

SURVI'VE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. supervivo.]
1.
To outlive; to live beyond the life of another; as,the wife survives her husband; or a husband survives his wife.
2.
To outlive any thing else; to live beyond any event. Who would wish to survive the ruin of his country? Many men survive their usefulness or the regular exercise of their reason.

SURVI'VE

,
Verb.
I.
To remain alive.
Try pleasure,
Which when no other enemy survives,
Still conquers all the conquerors.

Definition 2024

survive

survive

English

Verb

survive ‎(third-person singular simple present survives, present participle surviving, simple past and past participle survived)

  1. (intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
  2. (intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
  3. (transitive) To live longer than; to outlive.
    His children survived him; he was survived by his children.
    • Shakespeare
      I'll assure her of / Her widowhood, be it that she survive me, / In all my lands and leases whatsoever.
    • 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, X:
      ‘I am afraid, as will happen in other cases, the treaty of alliance has survived the amicable dispositions in which it had its origin.’
  4. (transitive) To live past a life-threatening event.
    He did not survive the accident.
  5. (transitive, sports) Of a team, to avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league.

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External links

  • survive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • survive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

French

Verb

survive

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of survivre
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of survivre

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman survivre, Old French survivre, from Late Latin supervivere ‎(“to outlive”), from Latin super ‎(“over”) + vivere ‎(“to live”), akin to vita ‎(“life”); see vivid. Compare devive, revive.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /səˈvʌɪv/
  • (US) IPA(key): /sɚˈvaɪv/
  • Rhymes: -aɪv

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