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sub·sist

b-s

) KEY

VERB:
sub·sist·ed, sub·sist·ing, sub·sists
VERB:
intr.

1. To exist; be.
2. To remain or continue in existence.
To maintain life; live: subsisted on one meal a day.
To be logically conceivable.

VERB:
tr.

To maintain or support with provisions.

ETYMOLOGY:
Latin subsistere, to support : sub-, sub- + sistere, to stand; see st- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
sub·sister(Noun)

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