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subsist.

To survive on a minimum of resources.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/səbˈsɪst/
  1. To survive on a minimum of resources.

  2. To have ontological reality; to exist.

  3. To retain a certain state; to continue.

  4. To supply sustenance or subsistence to or for.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Latin subsistō (“halt, stop”), from sub (“below”) + sistō (“stand, place”). Compare consist, desist, exist, insist, persist.

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