'Subsist' definitions:
Definition of 'subsist'
(from WordNet)
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abide,
- be,
- be alive,
- be animate,
- be extant,
- be found,
- be in existence,
- be left,
- be met with,
- be present,
- be the case,
- be there,
- bide,
- breathe,
- carry on,
- continue,
- continue to be,
- cope,
- defeat time,
- defy time,
- draw breath,
- dwell,
- eke out,
- endure,
- exist,
- extend,
- fetch breath,
- get by,
- go on,
- happen to be,
- have being,
- have life,
- have place,
- hold,
- hold on,
- hold out,
- keep,
- keep afloat,
- keep on,
- last,
- last long,
- last out,
- live,
- live and breathe,
- live on,
- live through,
- maintain,
- make ends meet,
- make out,
- manage,
- move,
- obtain,
- occur,
- perdure,
- perennate,
- persist,
- prevail,
- remain,
- respire,
- rest,
- run,
- run on,
- scrape along,
- stand,
- stay,
- stay on,
- survive,
- sustain,
- tarry,
- tide over,
- walk the earth,
- wear,
- wear well