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subsist definition

sub·sist (səb sist′)

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

Etymology: 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

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