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Subsist
Subsist
v. i.
To be; to
have
existence
; to
inhere
.
Subsist
v. i.
To
continue
; to
retain
a
certain
state
.
Subsist
v. i.
To be
maintained
with
food
and
clothing
; to be
supported
; to
live
.
Subsist
v. t.
To
support
with
provisions
; to
feed
; to
maintain
; as, to
subsist
one
's
family
.
Subsisted
imp. & p. p.
of
Subsist
Subsistence
n.
Real
being
;
existence
.
Subsistence
n.
Inherency
; as,
the
subsistence
of
qualities
in
bodies
.
Subsistence
n.
That
which
furnishes
support
to
animal
life
;
means
of
support
;
provisions
, or
that
which
produces
provisions
;
livelihood
; as, a
meager
subsistence
.
Subsistence
n.
Same
as
Hypostasis
, 2.
Subsistence Department
A
staff
department
of
the
United
States
army
charged
,
under
the
supervision
of
the
Chief
of
Staff
,
with
the
purchasing
and
issuing
to
the
army
of
such
supplies
as
make
up
the
ration
. It
also
supplies
,
for
authorized
sales
,
certain
articles
of
food
and
other
minor
stores
. It is
commanded
by
any
officer
of
the
rank
of
brigadier
general
,
called
commissary
general
,
and
the
department
is
popularly
called
the
Commissary
Department
.
Subsistency
n.
Subsistence
.
Subsistent
a.
Having
real
being
; as, a
subsistent
spirit
.
Subsistent
a.
Inherent
; as,
qualities
subsistent
in
matter
.
Subsisting
p. pr. & vb. n.
of
Subsist
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