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Webster 1913 Edition

Subsist

Sub-sist′

,
Verb.
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.
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.

Sub-sist′

,
Verb.
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.
Robertson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Subsist

SUBSIST'

,
Verb.
I.
[L. subsisto; sub and sisto, to stand, to be fixed.]
1.
To be; to have existence; applicable to matter or spirit.
2.
To continue; to retain the present state.
Firm we subsist, but possible to swerve.
3.
To live; to be maintained with food and clothing. How many of the human race subsist on the labors of others! How many armies have subsisted on plunder!
4.
To inhere; to have existence by means of something else; as qualities that subsist in substances.

SUBSIST'

,
Verb.
T.
To feed; to maintain; to support with provisions. The king subsisted his troops on provisions plundered from the enemy.

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