Category:Subsist

Sub*sist", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Subsisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Subsisting.] Etym: [l. subsistere to stand still, stay, remain alive; Sub under + sistere to stand, to cause to stand, from stare to stand: Cf. F. subsister. See stand.]

1. To be; to have existence; to inhere. And makes what happiness we justly call, subsist not in the good of One, but all. Pope.

2. To continue; to retain a certain state. Firm we subsist, yet possible to swerve. Milton.

3. To be maintained with food and clothing; to be supported; to live. Milton. To subsist on other men's charity. Atterbury.

Subsist Sub*sist", v. t.

Defn: to support with provisions; to feed; to maintain; as, to Subsist one's family. He laid waste the adjacent country in order to render it more Difficult for the enemy to subsist their army. Robertson.