survive

  • 41survive on something — to manage to live with only a small amount of money, food, water etc Many of the peasants survive on tiny plots of corn and beans. How does the family survive on such a small monthly wage? …

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  • 42survive to the remaining children — Words of purchase. The expression as used in a testamentary provision that in the event of death of any of the testator s children for whose benefit a trust is created, without issue living at the time of such child s death, the share of such… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 43survive — verb (survived; surviving) Etymology: Middle English, to outlive, from Anglo French survivre, from Latin supervivere, from super + vivere to live more at quick Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to remain alive or in existence ; live on 2.… …

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  • 44survive — sur·vive sər vīv vb, sur·vived; sur·viv·ing vi to remain alive or in existence: live on vt 1) to remain alive after the death of <his son survived him> 2) to continue to exist or live after <survived the stroke> sur·vi·val vī vəl n… …

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  • 45survive — Synonyms and related words: abide, be left, be spared, bide, bounce back, carry on, carry through, cheat death, come around, come back, come round, come through, come to, come up smiling, continue, continue to be, cope, defeat time, defy time,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 46survive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. outlive, outlast; live; escape [with one s life]; continue, persist, remain, endure, abide, last. See durability, permanence. Ant., succumb, pass. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To live on] Syn. outlive,… …

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  • 47survive — see VIVID …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 48survive — sur·vive || sÉ™r vaɪv /sÉ™ v. continue to live after another has died, outlive; remain in use, continue in existence, outlast; endure, withstand …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 49survive — verb continue to live or exist. ↘continue to live or exist in spite of (an accident or ordeal). ↘remain alive after the death of. Derivatives survivability noun survivable adjective Origin ME: from OFr. sourvivre, from L. supervivere, from super… …

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  • 50survive — I. v. n. Remain alive, continue to live, live on. II. v. a. Outlive, live longer than …

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