Definition of subsist

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Subsist (v. i.) To be; to have existence; to inhere.

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Sanguivorous :: Sanguivorous (a.) Subsisting upon blood; -- said of certain blood-sucking bats and other animals. See Vampire.
Empyrean :: Empyrean (n.) The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to subsist..
Graminivorous :: Graminivorous (a.) Feeding or subsisting on grass, and the like food; -- said of horses, cattle, and other animals..
Subsist :: Subsist (v. i.) To be; to have existence; to inhere.
Alienate :: Alienate (v. t.) To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from..
Plant-eating :: Plant-eating (a.) Eating, or subsisting on, plants; as, a plant-eating beetle..
Sportule :: Sportulary (a.) Subsisting on alms or charitable contributions.
Piscivorous :: Piscivorous (a.) Feeding or subsisting on fish.
Granivorous :: Granivorous (a.) Eating grain; feeding or subsisting on seeds; as, granivorous birds..
Need :: Need (n.) Want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
Intercontinental :: Intercontinental (a.) Between or among continents; subsisting or carried on between continents; as, intercontinental relations or commerce..
Minstrel :: Minstrel (n.) In the Middle Ages, one of an order of men who subsisted by the arts of poetry and music, and sang verses to the accompaniment of a harp or other instrument; in modern times, a poet; a bard; a singer and harper; a musician..
Ichthyophagist :: Ichthyophagist (n.) One who eats, or subsists on, fish..
Independence :: Independence (n.) The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by, others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference..
Subsistence :: Subsistence (n.) Real being; existence.
Sanguinivorous :: Sanguinivorous (a.) Subsisting on blood.
Galactophagist :: Galactophagist (n.) One who eats, or subsists on, milk..
Live :: Live (v. i.) To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; -- with on; as, horses live on grass and grain..
Eleemosynary :: Eleemosynary (n.) One who subsists on charity; a dependent.
Subsisting :: Subsisted (imp. & p. p.) of Subsis.
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