3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
subsist
v : stay alive; survive; "he could barely exist on such a low
wage" [syn: {exist}, {survive}, {live}]
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