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subsist

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

transitive verb

to maintain with sustenance; support

See subsist in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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