subsist.
To survive on a minimum of resources.
Meaning & usage
To survive on a minimum of resources.
To have ontological reality; to exist.
To retain a certain state; to continue.
To supply sustenance or subsistence to or for.
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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