Read full poem →For thy predestination I'll contrive,
That three years hence, if I survive,
I'll build a spittle, or mend common ways,
Dictionary Entry
survive
Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/səˈvʌɪv/Word FrequencyNot availableCurriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
In a Sentence
“Students can use survive to explain Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive..”
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Poetry examples for “survive”
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Read full poem →Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed: