Subsist

v. i.	1.	To be; to have existence; to inhere. [imp. & p. p. Subsisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Subsisting.] 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. To subsist on other men's charity. - Atterbury.
v. t.	1.	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.

Verb

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subsist - support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day" Synonyms: exist, survive, live

abide, be, be alive, be animate, be extant, be found, be in existence, be left, be met with, be present, be the case, be there, bide, breathe, carry on, continue, continue to be, cope, defeat time, defy time, draw breath, dwell, eke out, endure, exist, extend, fetch breath, get by, go on, happen to be, have being, have life, have place, hold, hold on, hold out, keep, keep afloat, keep on, last, last long, last out, live, live and breathe, live on, live through, maintain, make ends meet, make out, manage, move, obtain, occur, perdure, perennate, persist, prevail, remain, respire, rest, run, run on, scrape along, stand, stay, stay on, survive, sustain, tarry, tide over, walk the earth, wear, wear well

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