About The Word Subsist
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Subsist
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What's The Definition Of Subsist?
[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"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Subsist: exist | live | survive Related Terms | Find terms related to Subsist: See Also | breathe | drift | freewheel | indwell Subsist In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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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