survive
verb (used without object)
to remain alive after the death of someone, the cessation of something, or the occurrence of some event; continue to live.
self-surviving
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a word derived from
survive.
Example Sentences
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And so—beneath a mouldered tree, A self-surviving leafless oak 80 By unregarded age from stroke Of ravage saved—sate Emily.
From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) by William Wordsworth
