SURVIVING

surviving, living

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

surviving

present participle of survive

Source: Wiktionary

Sur*viv"ing, a.

Definition: Remaining alive; yet living or existing; as, surviving friends; surviving customs.

SURVIVE

Sur*vive", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Survived; p. pr. & vb. n. Surviving.] Etym: [F. survivre, L. supervivere; super over + vivere to live. See Super-, and Victuals.]

Definition: 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.

Sur*vive", v. i.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition