Found 2 items, similar to subsist.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: subsist subsist v : 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” [syn: exist, survive, live]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Subsist 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. [1913 Webster] And makes what happiness we justly call, Subsist not in the good of one, but all. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. To continue; to retain a certain state. [1913 Webster] Firm we subsist, yet possible to swerve. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. To be maintained with food and clothing; to be supported; to live. --Milton. [1913 Webster] To subsist on other men's charity. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster] Subsist \Sub*sist"\, v. t. To support with provisions; to feed; to maintain; as, to subsist one's family. [1913 Webster] He laid waste the adjacent country in order to render it more difficult for the enemy to subsist their army. --Robertson. [1913 Webster]