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surviving |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Survive \Sur*vive"\, 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. I'll assure her of Her widowhood, be it that she survive me In all my lands and leases whatsoever. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Surviving \Sur*viv"ing\, a. Remaining alive; yet living or existing; as surviving friends; surviving customs. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: surviving adj : still in existence; "the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil"; "the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania" [syn: {living}]
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