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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Inexistence :: Inexistence (n.) Inherence; subsistence.
Sanguinivorous :: Sanguinivorous (a.) Subsisting on blood.
Subsisting :: Subsisted (imp. & p. p.) of Subsis.
Polyphagous :: Polyphagous (a.) Eating, or subsisting on, many kinds of food; as, polyphagous animals..
Subsist :: Subsist (v. i.) To continue; to retain a certain state.
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..
Appanage :: Appanage (n.) The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.
Panivorous :: Panivorous (a.) Eating bread; subsisting on bread.
Subsistent :: Subsistency (n.) Subsistence.
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..
Polyphagy :: Polyphagy (n.) The practice or faculty of subsisting on many kinds of food.
Subsistence :: Subsist (v. t.) To support with provisions; to feed; to maintain; as, to subsist one's family..
Subsistency :: Subsistence (n.) Same as Hypostasis, 2..
Subsistent :: Subsistent (a.) Having real being; as, a subsistent spirit..
Live :: Live (v. i.) To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; -- with on or by; as, to live on spoils..
Need :: Need (n.) Want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
Agreement :: Agreement (n.) State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the members of the council..
Ichthyophagous :: Ichthyophagous (a.) Eating, or subsisting on, fish..
Piscivorous :: Piscivorous (a.) Feeding or subsisting on fish.
Subsistence :: Subsistence (n.) Real being; existence.
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