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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.

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