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sub·sist   (səb-sĭst')   
v.   sub·sist·ed, sub·sist·ing, sub·sists

v.   intr.
    1. To exist; be.
    2. To remain or continue in existence.
  2. To maintain life; live: subsisted on one meal a day.
  3. To be logically conceivable.
v.   tr.
To maintain or support with provisions.

[Latin subsistere, to support : sub-, sub- + sistere, to stand; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
sub·sist'er n.
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