Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SUR-VIVE, v.t. [Fr survivre; sur and vivre, to live; It. sopravvivere; Sp. sobrevivir; L. supervivo.]

1. To outlive; to live beyond the life of another; as, the wife survives her husband; or a husband survives his wife.
2. To outlive any thing else; to live beyond any event. Who would wish to survive the ruin of his country? Many men survive their usefulness or the regular exercise of their reason.