Subsist Definition

səb-sĭst
subsisted, subsisting, subsists
verb
subsisted, subsisting, subsists
To exist; be.
American Heritage
To continue to be or exist; have existence as a reality, entity, etc.
Webster's New World
To continue to be in use, force, etc.
Webster's New World
To maintain with sustenance; support.
Webster's New World
To maintain life; live.
Subsisted on one meal a day.
American Heritage
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Origin of Subsist

  • 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.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin subsistere to support sub- sub- sistere to stand stā- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Subsist Sentence Examples

  • It marks the relations which subsist between all members of the plant world, including those between existing groups and those which are known only from their fossilized remains preserved in the rocks.

  • Sheep and goats, which subsist more easily on scanty pasturage, are relatively more numerous, the total number being calculated at 700,000.

  • The country was studded thickly with burgi(small forts) and clausurae (long walls), the ruins of which still subsist.

  • But within the larger union the inner and closer union between Holland and Zeeland continued to subsist.

  • In different groups of mammals the dentition is variously specialized in accordance with the nature of the food on which the members of these groups subsist.

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Words Starting With

SSUSUB

Words Ending With

TSTIST

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Words Starting With S and Ending With T

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