subsist
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[edit] Etymology
From French subsister, from Latin subsistere (“to take a stand or position, stand still, stop, stay, remain, continue”), from sub (“under”) + sistere (“to cause to stand, place”). Compare consist, desist, exist, insist, persist.
[edit] Verb
subsist (third-person singular simple present subsists, present participle subsisting, simple past and past participle subsisted)
- To survive on a minimum of resources.
- With her current income, Janet cannot thrive, she can only subsist.
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- subsist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- subsist in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
