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subsister

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sub·sist  (sb-sst)
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.
[Latin subsistere, to support : sub-, sub- + sistere, to stand; see st- in Indo-European roots.]
sub·sister n.
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Noun1.subsister - one who lives through afflictionsubsister - one who lives through affliction; "the survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital"
survivor
unfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortune
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