Definition of subsist

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Subsisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subsis.

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Intercontinental :: Intercontinental (a.) Between or among continents; subsisting or carried on between continents; as, intercontinental relations or commerce..
Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird..
Graminivorous :: Graminivorous (a.) Feeding or subsisting on grass, and the like food; -- said of horses, cattle, and other animals..
Minstrel :: Minstrel (n.) In the Middle Ages, one of an order of men who subsisted by the arts of poetry and music, and sang verses to the accompaniment of a harp or other instrument; in modern times, a poet; a bard; a singer and harper; a musician..
Livelihood :: Livelihood (n.) Subsistence or living, as dependent on some means of support; support of life; maintenance..
Subsist :: Subsisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subsis.
Subsizar :: Subsistent (a.) Inherent; as, qualities subsistent in matter..
Subsistence :: Subsistence (n.) Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies..
Live :: Live (v. i.) To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; -- with on; as, horses live on grass and grain..
Sanguinivorous :: Sanguinivorous (a.) Subsisting on blood.
Indigent :: Indigent (a.) Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor; in want; necessitous.
Independence :: Independence (n.) The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by, others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference..
Subsistence :: Subsistence (n.) That which furnishes support to animal life; means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; as, a meager subsistence..
Insectivorous :: Insectivorous (a.) Feeding or subsisting on insects; carnivorous.
Ration :: Ration (n.) A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence..
Hypostasis :: Hypostasis (n.) Substance; subsistence; essence; person; personality; -- used by the early theologians to denote any one of the three subdivisions of the Godhead, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit..
Appanage :: Appanage (n.) The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.
Rypophagous :: Rypophagous (a.) Eating, or subsisting on, filth..
Agreement :: Agreement (n.) State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the members of the council..
Ichthyophagous :: Ichthyophagous (a.) Eating, or subsisting on, fish..
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