subsists

[sub·sist]

When you subsist, you keep yourself alive. Since most airlines have stopped serving food, many travelers are forced to subsist on little packets of pretzels, even on long flights.

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To be; to have existence; to inhere.

Verb
support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"

v. i.
To be; to have existence; to inhere.

v. i.
To continue; to retain a certain state.

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

v. t.
To support with provisions; to feed; to maintain; as, to subsist one's family.

Subsist

Sub*sist" , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Subsisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Subsisting.] [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.

2. To continue; to retain a certain state.

Firm we subsist, yet possible to swerve.

3. To be maintained with food and clothing; to be supported; to live. Milton.

To subsist on other men's charity.

Subsist

Sub*sist", v. t. 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.

To be; to have existence; to inhere.

To support with provisions; to feed; to maintain; as, to subsist one's family.

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Usage Examples

Between understanding and faith immediate connections must subsist.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.