1. [v]  support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"
2. [v]  continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents"
3. [v]  live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years"
4. [v]  continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"

Survive
This collection of fiction and non-fiction pieces details the human will to live in the worst of circumstances. From the Rocky Mountains to Peru to the open ocean, these tales of isolation and cannibalism are harrowing.

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1. \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.
   

2. \Sur*vive"\, v. i.
   To remain alive; to continue to live.
         Thy pleasure, Which, when no other enemy survives,
         Still conquers all the conquerors.       --Sir J.
                                                  Denham.
         Alike are life and death, When life in death survives.
                                                  --Longfellow.