Antonyms for subsist

Grammar : Verb

Spell : suh b-sist

Phonetic Transcription : səbˈsɪst

Definition of subsist

Origin : 1540s, "to exist," from Latin subsistere "to stand still or firm," (see subsistence). Meaning "to support oneself" (in a certain way) is from 1640s. Related: Subsisted; subsisting.

verb keep going, living

Example sentences :

You ask me why, tho' ill at ease Within this region I subsist?
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 12, June 18, 1870 » by Various

Her friendly relations with him continued to subsist even after his marriage.
Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson

How,” Parson Lute demanded, with a start, “does she––ah––subsist?
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Shining Light » by Norman Duncan

Those of us who are alive in the morning will subsist upon the enemy.
Extract from : « Standish of Standish » by Jane G. Austin

It is said that a person can subsist longer upon them than upon any other kind.
Extract from : « Old Mackinaw » by W. P. Strickland.

It is the property of five Tartar families, who subsist largely on its fruit.
Extract from : « Walnut Growing in Oregon » by Various

And our hard-hearted rulers, with all their pride, can they subsist without us?
Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli

They subsist by trapping the beaver, and hunting the buffalo and other animals.
Extract from : « The Desert Home » by Mayne Reid

Now there were several million people who must subsist on the raw lands.
Extract from : « Land of the Burnt Thigh » by Edith Eudora Kohl

They subsist on berries and birchen-buds—dainty fare, is it not?
Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 » by Various

Synonyms for subsist

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