present participle of subsist

plural of subsister

One who subsists.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of subsist

plural of subsistency

Archaic form of subsistence.

In a subsistent manner

Real being; existence. / The act of maintaining oneself at a minimum level. / Inherency. / Something (food, water, money, etc.) that is required to stay alive.

To survive on a minimum of resources. / (chiefly philosophy) To have ontological reality; to exist. / To retain a certain state; to continue.

Actually existing. / Inherent.