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Meanings of subsist in English

Portuguese
subsistir
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subsistir

Support oneself.

        subsistir
        Usage of subsist in English
        1
        Instead, they subsist on a government allowance of £35 each per week.
        The Guardian
        2
        The gods and the Pitris subsist on the offerings made in sacrifices.
        The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
        3
        Daily papers subsist almost exclusively upon the latter; other papers require both.
        Journalism for Women: A Practical Guide
        4
        Without Thee I cannot subsist; and without Thy visitation I cannot live.
        Confessions of a Book-Lover
        5
        He had hoped to subsist in the woods, but found it impossible.
        The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay / With an Account o...
        6
        Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.
        An Essay on the History of Civil Society, Eighth Edition
        7
        They are not carnivorous, and subsist altogether on particular flowers and grass.
        A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany-Bay
        8
        Those that subsist upon grass and straw succeed in attaining to heaven.
        The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
        9
        It is kine, again, that produce the food upon which creatures subsist.
        The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
        10
        They all inhabit the same climate, and subsist on the same aliments.
        Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
        11
        The strong must flourish by force, and the weak subsist by stratagem.
        A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
        12
        Most families subsist on bread made of barley, olives and boiled plants.
        The Guardian
        13
        For it is the summit of things, which subsist according to position.
        Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato
        14
        From You all things proceed, subsist in You, and return to You.
        The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy
        15
        Now, I grant that each quality cannot singly subsist without the mind.
        Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous in Opposition to Sce...
        16
        Pleasant relations did not continue to subsist forever between Cyrus and Darius.
        The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4
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