Definition of subsist

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Subsist (v. i.) To be maintained with food and clothing; to be supported; to live.

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Rypophagous :: Rypophagous (a.) Eating, or subsisting on, filth..
Piscivorous :: Piscivorous (a.) Feeding or subsisting on fish.
Commissary :: Commissary (n.) An officer whose business is to provide food for a body of troops or a military post; -- officially called commissary of subsistence.
Ichthyophagous :: Ichthyophagous (a.) Eating, or subsisting on, fish..
Baccivorous :: Baccivorous (a.) Eating, or subsisting on, berries; as, baccivorous birds..
Eleemosynary :: Eleemosynary (n.) One who subsists on charity; a dependent.
Poverty :: Poverty (n.) The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need.
Subsisting :: Subsisted (imp. & p. p.) of Subsis.
Subsistence :: Subsist (v. t.) To support with provisions; to feed; to maintain; as, to subsist one's family..
Subsistence :: Subsistence (n.) Real being; existence.
Subsizar :: Subsistent (a.) Inherent; as, qualities subsistent in matter..
Live :: Live (v. i.) To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; -- with on; as, horses live on grass and grain..
Subsist :: Subsist (v. i.) To be; to have existence; to inhere.
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..
Subsist :: Subsist (v. i.) To continue; to retain a certain state.
Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird..
Ichthyophagist :: Ichthyophagist (n.) One who eats, or subsists on, fish..
Obtain :: Obtain (v. i.) To become held; to gain or have a firm footing; to be recognized or established; to subsist; to become prevalent or general; to prevail; as, the custom obtains of going to the seashore in summer..
Entophyte :: Entophyte (n.) A vegetable parasite subsisting in the interior of the body.
Victual :: Victual (v. t.) To supply with provisions for subsistence; to provide with food; to store with sustenance; as, to victual an army; to victual a ship..
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