subsist

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. verb support oneself

Etymology

From Latin subsistō (“halt, stop”), from sub (“below”) + sistō (“stand, place”). Compare consist, desist, exist, insist, persist.

In classic literature

Synonyms

exist, survive, live

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