[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

surviving \surviv"ing\, a.
   remaining alive; yet living or existing; as, surviving
   friends; surviving customs.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

survive \survive"\, 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
see also:
survived surviving super- victuals 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
living 

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