Found 2 items, similar to Subsisting.
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: Subsisting
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.
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And makes what happiness we justly call,
Subsist not in the good of one, but all. --Pope.
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2. To continue; to retain a certain state.
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Firm we subsist, yet possible to swerve. --Milton.
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3. To be maintained with food and clothing; to be supported;
to live. --Milton.
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To subsist on other men's charity. --Atterbury.
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