survive

Definitions


[səˈvʌɪv], (Verb)

Definitions:
- continue to live or exist, especially in spite of danger or hardship
(e.g: against all odds the child survived)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French sourvivre, from Latin supervivere, from super- ‘in addition’ + vivere ‘live’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries