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Subsister

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Noun

1. subsister, survivor

one who lives through affliction

Example Sentences:
'the survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital'

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Subsister

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verb (mainly intr)
1. (often foll by on)
to be sustained; manage to live
to subsist on milk
2. 
to continue in existence
3. (foll by in)
to lie or reside by virtue (of); consist
4. philosophy
a. 
to exist as a concept or relation rather than a fact
b. 
to be conceivable
5. (transitive) obsolete
to provide with support

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Subsister

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verb intransitive
1. 
a. 
to continue to be or exist; have existence as a reality, entity, etc.
b. 
to continue to be in use, force, etc.
2. 
to continue to live; remain alive (on sustenance, by specific means, etc.); be sustained
3. 
to consist or inhere (in)
4.  Philosophy
to be logically conceivable and have being as a conceptual entity that may be the subject of true statements
verb transitive
5. 
to maintain with sustenance; support

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Subsister

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v. sub·sist·ed, sub·sist·ing, sub·sists
v.intr.
1.
a. To exist; be.
b. To remain or continue in existence.
2. To maintain life; live: subsisted on one meal a day.
3. To be logically conceivable.
v.tr.
To maintain or support with provisions.

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