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subsisting

 

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  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.




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