Definition of "subsisted" [subsisted]

• Simple past tense and past participle of subsist. (verb)

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• "He was changed, He no longer constituted a proper body, such as subsisted after the combination with it of the divine body."
• "These recruits are clothed, equipped with arms and ammunition, and "subsisted" with daily rations of rice, oil, etc., but are not otherwise paid."
• "He hadn't been able to work since, and the family subsisted on Social Security disability and Rhonda's paltry earnings as a free-lance editor."