surviv

{ } n. [ F. survivance. ] Survivorship. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His son had the survivance of the stadtholdership. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To remain alive; to continue to live. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy pleasure,
Which, when no other enemy survives,
Still conquers all the conquerors. Sir J. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alike are life and death,
When life in death survives. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll assure her of
Her widowhood, be it that she survive me,
In all my lands and leases whatsoever. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Survivorship. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who survives; a survivor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Remaining alive; yet living or existing; as, surviving friends; surviving customs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who survives or outlives another person, or any time, event, or thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The survivor bound
In filial obligation for some term
To do obsequious sorrow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The longer liver of two joint tenants, or two persons having a joint interest in anything. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]