'Subsist' definitions:

Definition of 'subsist'

From: WordNet
verb
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" [syn: exist, survive, live, subsist]

Definition of 'Subsist'

From: GCIDE
  • Subsist \Sub*sist"\, v. t. To support with provisions; to feed; to maintain; as, to subsist one's family. [1913 Webster]
  • He laid waste the adjacent country in order to render it more difficult for the enemy to subsist their army. --Robertson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Subsist'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • And makes what happiness we justly call, Subsist not in the good of one, but all. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To continue; to retain a certain state. [1913 Webster]
  • Firm we subsist, yet possible to swerve. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To be maintained with food and clothing; to be supported; to live. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • To subsist on other men's charity. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'subsist'

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