survive

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman survivre, Old French survivre, from Late Latin supervivere (“to outlive”), from Latin super (“over”) + vivere (“to live”), akin to vita (“life”). See vivid. Compare devive, revive.

verb

1. (intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
2. (intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
3. (transitive) To live longer than; to outlive.
   His children survived him; he was survived by his children.
   Jones is survived by his second wife, Anna (nee Söderström), whom he married in 2012, and their daughter, Siri; and by Bill and Sally, the children of his first marriage, to Alison Telfer, which ended in divorce. January 22, 2020, Stuart Jeffries, “Terry Jones obituary”, in The Guardian
4. (transitive) To live past a life-threatening event.
   He did not survive the accident.
5. (transitive) To be a victim of usually non-fatal harm, to honor and empower the strength of an individual to heal, in particular a living victim of sexual abuse or assault.
6. (transitive, sports) Of a team, to avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league.