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Pronunciation : Sub*sist"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : 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.

i. [imp. & p. p. Subsisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Subsisting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sub*sist"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913