\Sub*sist"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Subsisted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Subsisting}.] [L. subsistere to stand still, stay,
remain alive; sub under + sistere to stand, to cause to
stand, from stare to stand: cf. F. subsister. See {Stand}.]
1. To be; to have existence; to inhere.
         And makes what happiness we justly call, Subsist not
         in the good of one, but all.          --Pope.
2. To continue; to retain a certain state.
         Firm we subsist, yet possible to swerve. --Milton.
3. To be maintained with food and clothing; to be supported;
   to live. --Milton.
         To subsist on other men's charity.    --Atterbury.

\Sub*sist"\, v. t.
To support with provisions; to feed; to maintain; as, to
subsist one's family.
      He laid waste the adjacent country in order to render
      it more difficult for the enemy to subsist their army.
                                               --Robertson.