survivev.
/səˈvʌɪv/, U.S. /sərˈvaɪv/ 1.
a. intransitive. To continue to live after the death of another, or after the end or cessation of some thing or condition or the occurrence of some event (expressed or implied); to remain alive, live on.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > continuance or tenacity of life > continue in life [verb (intransitive)]
nesteOE
to live forthOE
overliveOE
lastc1225
livec1410
survive1473
supervive1532
subsist?1533
skill1537
to live on1590
outlive1594
(to be) to the front1871
the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [verb (intransitive)] > escape with one's life
survive1473
1473 Rolls of Parl. VI. 95/2 To have and perceyve the said cs yerely, to the said Mary and Robert, for the terme of their lyfes, and either of [them] survivyng.
1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 25 Preamble Lyfe [is] as uncertayne to suche as survyve as was to them now departed.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. xxv. f. x They testyfye that Porrex was slayne & Ferrex suruyuyd.
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 335 Many children borne the seuenth month suruiue and do well.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iv. ii. 106 I did loue a Lady, But she is dead... Sil. Say that she be: yet Valentine thy friend Suruiues . View more context for this quotation
a1660 in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1880) II. 26 Wee..will in open fielde fight with as many of those our disparagers as longe as any of us will surveywe.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 258 Look if your helpless Father yet survive; Or if Ascanius, or Creusa live.
1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lxi. 289 The son of that unfortunate prince survives.
1808 W. Scott in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1839) I. i. 33 He survived a few days, but becoming delirious before his dissolution, [etc.].
1894 H. Drummond Lowell Lect. Ascent of Man 278 There are vastly more creatures born than can ever survive.
1911 R. R. Marett Anthropol. iii. 70 To survive is to survive to breed. If you live to eighty, and have no children, you do not survive in the biological sense.
b. transferred. To continue to exist after some person, thing, or event; to last on.
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the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (intransitive)] > endure, remain, persist, or continue > after something else or survive
survive1594
to come down1711
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. C2 Yea though I die the scandale will suruiue . View more context for this quotation
1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ Ded. They survive to future Ages by their Actions.
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1706 Though her body die, her fame survives . View more context for this quotation
a1721 M. Prior To C'tess of Devonshire 53 Thro' circling Years thy Labours would survive.
1829 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian Introd., in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 141 A late amiable and ingenious lady, whose wit and power of remarking and judging of character still survive in the memory of her friends.
1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xxxviii. 59 If any care for what is here Survive in spirits render'd free. View more context for this quotation
1885 Law Times 9 May 22/2 The mortgagor can inspect the title deeds while his right to redeem survives.
1907 Bp. Robertson in Trans. Devon Assoc. 50 A Norman family whose name survives in place-names all over Devon.
c. Law. Of an estate, etc.: To pass to the survivor or survivors of two or more joint-tenants or persons who have a joint interest.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > descend by succession [verb (intransitive)] > pass as inheritance > to survivor(s) of joint interest
survive1648
1648 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 205 Whereas by the death of the sayd Isabell my daughter the estate and interest in the said mortgaged premises..is survived and come to the sayd Catherine and Anne my daughters.
1806 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. VI. 408 That, C. dying under age, his share did survive to the others, and should not go to the heir at law.
2. transitive. To continue to live after, outlive.
a. To remain alive after the death of (another).
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the world > life > source or principle of life > continuance or tenacity of life > continue in life [verb (transitive)]
overliveeOE
overbideOE
outlive1472
survive1572
overa1800
1572 J. Higgins Huloets Dict. (rev. ed.) (at cited word) To the entent that he may suruiue thee.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) ii. i. 124 And for that dowrie, Ile assure her of Her widdow-hood, be it that she suruiue me In all my Lands and Leases whatsoeuer. View more context for this quotation
1681 H. More in J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus ii. 166 Thinking they had Souls surviving their bodies.
1772 Gentleman's Mag. 42 245/1 The Lord Chancellor made an order for two issues at law to be tried, whether General Stanwix survived his Lady, or whether Mrs. Stanwix survived the General.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 568 Argyle, who survived Rumbold a few hours, left a dying testimony to the virtues of the gallant Englishman.
1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes iii. 179 If he..is survived by children of brothers predeceased, the inheritance belongs to all of them.
b. To continue to live after (an event, point of time, etc.), or after the end or cessation of (a condition, etc.).
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the world > life > source or principle of life > continuance or tenacity of life > continue in life [verb (transitive)] > survive event or point of time
outbear1587
survive1594
outlivec1604
the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > pass through (danger or adversity)
passa1325
to wear out1617
weathera1631
to come through ——1655
survive1717
to live out1719
overa1800
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. iii. 40 Because the girle should not suruiue her shame. View more context for this quotation
a1610 T. Rogers Leycesters Ghost (1641) 35 What others wrot before I doe survive.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. iv. 2 France, thou shalt rue this Treason with thy teares, If Talbot but suruiue thy Trecherie. View more context for this quotation
1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 16 Jan. (1965) I. 296 If I survive my Journey you shall hear from me again.
1777 J. Priestley Disquis. Matter & Spirit xviii. 239 Whether brutes will survive the grave we cannot tell.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 631 When Swift had survived his faculties many years, the Irish populace still continued to light bonfires on his birthday.
1852 H. Rogers Eclipse of Faith 193 I see few of my youthful contemporaries who have not survived their infidelity.
1883 E. P. Roe in Harper's Mag. Dec. 52/2 I've known peach buds to survive fifteen below zero.
c. transferred. To continue to exist after the death or cessation of (a person, condition, etc.), or after the occurrence of (an event); to outlast.
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the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > outlast
to live out1535
outlast1570
outwear1579
outlive1582
supervive1586
outflourish1594
to stand out1600
outdure1611
outstanda1616
outsit1633
survive1633
endure1636
stay1639
outmeasure1646
superlast1648
outstaya1652
last1658
tarrya1662
superannuate1820
outrange1887
to see out1897
1633 P. Fletcher Poeticall Misc. 93 in Purple Island The soul..Still springs, buds, grows, and dying time survives.
1694 J. Addison St. Cecilia's Day in Ann. Misc. 137 Musick shall then exert its pow'r, And Sound survive the Ruins of the World.
1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. xlix. 139 In his [sc. Charlemagne's] institutions I can seldom discover the general views and the immortal spirit of a legislator, who survives himself for the benefit of posterity.
1850 R. W. Emerson Napoleon in Representative Men vi. 236 The principal works that have survived him are his magnificent roads.
1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay iii. 46 It is pleasant to find that so much faith in your fellow-creatures survives the experience.
3. intransitive and transitive. In trivial use. Frequently in I'll survive.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > continuance or tenacity of life > continue in life [verb (intransitive)] > in a trivial sense
survive1902
the world > life > source or principle of life > continuance or tenacity of life > continue in life [verb (transitive)] > in trivial sense
survive1928
1902 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. (1904) 30 ‘But it'll bore you to death,’ he says... ‘I'll survive,’ I says, ‘I ain't British. I can think,’ I says.
1928 M. Arlen Lily Christine xiii. 240 ‘All this trouble your silly husband has brought on you!’ ‘Oh, we'll survive that,’ she said lightly.
1949 ‘J. Tey’ Brat Farrar xxxi. 278 The fact that we are making him part of the family..will take a lot of the fun out of it for the scandal-mongers. We'll survive, Nell. And so will he.
1958 ‘C. S. Forester’ Hornblower in W. Indies 184 ‘I don't envy you, frankly.’ ‘No doubt I'll survive, sir.’
1971 ‘F. Clifford’ Blind Side iv. ii. 157 ‘It's nice... Cosy.’ ‘No fados, I'm afraid.’ ‘I'll survive.’
Derivatives
surˈviving n. survival.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > continuance or tenacity of life > [noun]
lifeOE
livingc1350
existence1583
survival1598
survivancea1623
survivership1638
supervivency1659
vivaciousnessa1661
vivacity1663
survivorship1697
surviving1818
1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) IV. 173 Her surviving was a continuing act.
1900 M. Kingsley Notes 203 No amount of experience in her husband's habit of surviving ever made her feel he was safe.
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