sur·vive [ sər vv ](past and past participlesur·vived, present participlesur·viv·ing, 3rd person present singularsur·vives)
verb
Definition:
1. intransitive verb not die or disappear: to remain alive or in existence or able to live or function, especially succeed in staying alive when faced with a life-threatening danger He was shot three times at close range and survived. A fragment of the manuscript still survives. How can you survive on $70 a week?
2. transitive verb live through something: to come through a life-threatening experience or a period of difficulty and remain alive, in existence, or in a previous position or life She survived three assassination attempts. The government narrowly survived a vote of no confidence.
3. transitive verb live longer than somebody: to remain alive after the death of a particular person He survived his wife by only three months.
[15th century. Via Anglo-Norman survivre< Latin supervivere "live beyond" < vivere "to live"]
