Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Survive \Sur*vive"\, 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.

         I'll assure her of Her widowhood, be it that she
         survive me, In all my lands and leases whatsoever.
                                                  --Shak.

Surviving \Sur*viv"ing\, a.
   Remaining alive; yet living or existing; as, surviving
   friends; surviving customs.

Source : WordNet®

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}]