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Subsist
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.