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| sub·sist [ səb síst ] (past and past participle sub·sist·ed, present participle sub·sist·ing, 3rd person present singular sub·sists) |
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1. intransitive verb manage to live: to remain alive or viable, especially with the help of something
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2. transitive verb maintain somebody or something: to support or maintain somebody or something by providing something that is needed, e.g. by supplying troops with food or businesses with capital
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formal
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3. intransitive verb be attributable to something: to have a particular thing as its reason or origin
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formal
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4. intransitive verb be inherent: to reside in or consist of a particular thing
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formal
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5. intransitive verb philosophy mathematics exist in abstract: to have a timeless conceptual existence
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refers to numbers or mathematical sets
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| [Mid-16th century. Directly or via French< Latin subsistere "stand up to" < sistere (see assist)] |
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  sub·sis·tent adjective |
| sub·sist·er noun |
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