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subsist

verb
/səbˈsɪst/

Etymology

From Latin subsistō (“halt, stop”), from sub (“below”) + sistō (“stand, place”). Compare consist, desist, exist, insist, persist.

  1. borrowed from subsistō

Definitions

  1. To survive on a minimum of resources.

  2. To have ontological reality

    To have ontological reality; to exist.

    • Remember Man! "the Univerſal Cauſe / Acts not by partial, but by gen’ral Laws ; / And makes what Happineſs we juſtly call / Subſiſt not in the Good of one, but all.
    • Subject to section 5(1), copyright subsists only by virtue of this Act.

  3. To retain a certain state

    To retain a certain state; to continue.

    • Firm we ſubſiſt, yet poſſible to ſwerve / Since Reaſon not impoſſibly may meet / Some ſpecious object by the Foe ſubornd, / And fall into deception unaware, / Not keeping ſtricteſt watch, as ſhe was warnd.
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    1. To supply sustenance or subsistence to or for.

      • With mutual toil, and intuitive dexterity, we built our commodious habitation in the hollow of a mango tree, that the fruit, which was then in bloſſom, might ſubſiſt our young.

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Derived

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA