survived

Variant of survive

transitive verb survived, surviving

  1. to live or exist longer than or beyond the life or existence of; outlive
  2. to continue to live after or in spite of: to survive a wreck

Origin: ME surviven < OFr survivre < L supervivere < super-, above (see super-) + vivere, to live (see bio-)

intransitive verb

to continue living or existing, as after an event or after another's death
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