subsist
: to exist or continue to exist
Full Definition of SUBSIST
intransitive verb
2: to have or acquire the necessities of life (as food and clothing); especially : to nourish oneself<subsisting on roots, berries and grubs>
3a : to hold true
b : to be logically conceivable as the subject of true statements
transitive verb
: to support with provisions
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