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subsist
[suhb-sist]
verb (used without object)
to exist; continue in existence.
to remain alive; live, as on food, resources, etc.
to have existence in, or by reason of, something.
to reside, lie, or consist (usually followed byin ).
Philosophy.
to have timeless or abstract existence, as a number, relation, etc.
to have existence, especially independent existence.
verb (used with object)
to provide sustenance or support for; maintain.
subsist
/ səbˈsɪst /
verb
(often foll by on) to be sustained; manage to live
to subsist on milk
to continue in existence
(foll by in) to lie or reside by virtue (of); consist
philosophy
to exist as a concept or relation rather than a fact
to be conceivable
obsolete, (tr) to provide with support
Other Word Forms
- subsistingly adverb
- presubsist verb (used without object)
- self-subsisting adjective
- supersubsist verb (used without object)
- subsistent adjective
- subsister noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of subsist1
Example Sentences
Back before California was settled by Europeans and others, the Miwok and Nisenan subsisted on a hunter-gatherer diet of acorns, venison, salmon, pine nuts, elderberries, and other berries and plants.
The only survivor is his younger sister, Nezuko, who has been turned into an oni, a carnivorous demon who usually subsists on a diet of humans and is averse to sunlight.
Yet the text’s unhurried recollections reflect its content: “Homework” feels leisurely as if to reflect the functional, socialist-adjacent government that allows its characters to subsist.
When you subsist on crumbs for long enough, you learn to make a meal out of them.
Many of them eat only one meal a day and subsist on high energy biscuits given by the charity, she said.
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