Definition of "subsists" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of subsist. (verb)

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• "But by dint of allowing it to escape we end by noticing that, after all those vain endeavours which have led to nothing, something solid subsists, which is what we have been seeking."
• "And yet the conventual prejudice which banishes its name subsists still."
• "It is an estimate of the quantity of that food on which the labourer usually subsists, which is necessary for his daily support, compared with the quantity which his daily wages will purchase."