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sub⋅sist
[suh
b-sist]
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to exist; continue in existence. |
| 2. | to remain alive; live, as on food, resources, etc. |
| 3. | to have existence in, or by reason of, something. |
| 4. | to reside, lie, or consist (usually fol. by in). |
| 5. | Philosophy.
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–verb (used with object)
| 6. | to provide sustenance or support for; maintain. |
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Subsist
Sub*sist"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Subsisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Subsisting.] [L. subsistere to stand still, stay, remain alive; sub under + sistere to stand, to cause to stand, from stare to stand: cf. F. subsister. See Stand.]1. To be; to have existence; to inhere. And makes what happiness we justly call, Subsist not in the good of one, but all. --Pope. 2. To continue; to retain a certain state. Firm we subsist, yet possible to swerve. --Milton. 3. To be maintained with food and clothing; to be supported; to live. --Milton. To subsist on other men's charity. --Atterbury.Subsist
Sub*sist"\, v. t. To support with provisions; to feed; to maintain; as, to subsist one's family. He laid waste the adjacent country in order to render it more difficult for the enemy to subsist their army. --Robertson.
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