"subsist" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /səbˈsɪst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-subsist.wav [Southern-England] Forms: subsists [present, singular, third-person], subsisting [participle, present], subsisted [participle, past], subsisted [past]
Rhymes: -ɪst Etymology: From Latin subsistō (“halt, stop”), from sub (“below”) + sistō (“stand, place”). Compare consist, desist, exist, insist, persist. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|subsistō||halt, stop}} Latin subsistō (“halt, stop”), {{m|la|sub||below}} sub (“below”), {{m|la|sistō||stand, place}} sistō (“stand, place”), {{m|en|consist}} consist, {{m|en|desist}} desist, {{m|en|exist}} exist, {{m|en|insist}} insist, {{m|en|persist}} persist Head templates: {{en-verb}} subsist (third-person singular simple present subsists, present participle subsisting, simple past and past participle subsisted)
  1. To survive on a minimum of resources. Translations (to survive): преживявам (preživjavam) (Bulgarian), subsistir (Catalan), kituuttaa (Finnish), subsister (French), sussistere (Italian), subsistir (Portuguese), выживать (vyživatʹ) (Russian), subsistir (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-subsist-en-verb-0MBVo7Nl Disambiguation of 'to survive': 70 21 6 3
  2. (chiefly philosophy) To have ontological reality; to exist. Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-subsist-en-verb-6rr6DlKC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 42 15 34 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
  3. To retain a certain state; to continue.
    Sense id: en-subsist-en-verb-dWYTnhtI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 42 15 34
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To supply sustenance or subsistence to or for. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-subsist-en-verb-vJNIraw0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 42 15 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: consubsist Related terms: subsistence, subsistent, subside

Inflected forms

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