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Britannica Dictionary definition of SUBSIST
[no object]
formal
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to exist or continue to exist
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The author's right to royalties shall subsist for the term of the copyright.
subsist on
[phrasal verb]
subsist on (something)
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to use (something) as a way to stay alive
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to live on (something)
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poor people subsisting on just one or two dollars a day
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The villagers subsist almost entirely on rice and fish.
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(humorous) My brother subsists on [=eats a lot of] pizza.
