subsist : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: subsist	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for subsist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
subsist v support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day" Synonym(s): exist, survive, live, subsist
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Subsist \Subsist"\, v. t. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Subsist \Subsist"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Subsisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subsisting}.] [L. subsistere to stand still, stay, remain alive; sub under + sistere to stand, to cause to stand, from stare to stand: cf. F. subsister. See {Stand}.] 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.