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Webster 1913 Edition
Subsistence
Sub-sist′ence
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
subsistance
, L. subsistentia
.] 1.
Real being; existence.
Not only the things had
subsistence
, but the very images were of some creatures existing. Stillingfleet.
2.
Inherency;
as, the
. subsistence
of qualities in bodies3.
That which furnishes support to animal life; means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood;
as, a meager
. subsistence
His viceroy could only propose to himself a comfortable
subsistence
out of the plunder of his province. Addison.