Definitions
To survive, continue, or maintain oneself with limited resources.
Word origin
From Latin subsistō (“halt, stop”), from sub (“below”) + sistō (“stand, place”). Compare consist, desist, exist, insist, persist.
Used in a sentence
“Remember Man! "the Univerſal Cauſe / Acts not by partial, but by gen’ral Laws ; / And makes what Happineſs we juſtly call / Subſiſt not in the Good of one, but all.”
“Subject to section 5(1), copyright subsists only by virtue of this Act.”
“Firm we ſubſiſt, yet poſſible to ſwerve / Since Reaſon not impoſſibly may meet / Some ſpecious object by the Foe ſubornd, / And fall into deception unaware, / Not keeping ſtricteſt watch, as ſhe was warnd.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Manage to survive”7 letters
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