subsist

Subsist is to continue to exist or to stay alive.

(verb)

If there are remaining lingering anti-feminist feelings in an old boys club, this is an example of when anti-feminist feelings subsist.
When you can only afford rice and beans, this is an example of when you subsist on rice and beans.

See subsist in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb

1. to continue to be or exist; have existence as a reality, entity, etc.
2. to continue to be in use, force, etc.
to continue to live; remain alive (on sustenance, by specific means, etc.); be sustained
to consist or inhere (in)
Philos. to be logically conceivable and have being as a conceptual entity that may be the subject of true statements

Origin: L subsistere, to stand still, stay, abide < sub-, under + sistere, to place, stand, redupl. of base of stare, to stand

transitive verb

to maintain with sustenance; support

See subsist in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb sub·sist·ed, sub·sist·ing, sub·sists

verb, intransitive