subsist

1. v. i. To be; to have existence; to inhere. Source: opted

2. v. i. To continue; to retain a certain state. Source: opted

3. v. i. To be maintained with food and clothing; to be supported; to live. Source: opted

4. v. t. To support with provisions; to feed; to maintain; as, to subsist one's family. Source: opted

5. v. support oneself Source: wordnet

6. 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. 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. Source: webster

7. To support with provisions; to feed; to maintain; as, tosubsist one's family.He laid waste the adjacent country in order to render it moredifficult for the enemy to subsist their army. Robertson. Source: adambom

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