Subsist | Mean of subsist in English Dictionary
/səbˈsɪst/
- Verb
- to exist or continue to exist
- The author's right to royalties shall subsist for the term of the copyright.
- to use (something) as a way to stay alive
- poor people subsisting on just one or two dollars a day
- The villagers subsist almost entirely on rice and fish.
- (humorous) My brother subsists on [=eats a lot of] pizza.