Definition
To survive to the present day; to be extant in some form.
In Context
- "It is somewhat remarkable that none of bishop Ridley’s sermons have come down to us."
- "There is some confusion about this work since the original has disappeared, and scholars have assumed that what has come down to us is not by Mozart."
- "As you’ll have noticed, a large number of pre-Renaissance writings on language have come down to us without any indication of their author’s name, or with a false one attached."