What is to be maintained with food and clothing; to be supported; to live. Milton. To subsist on other men's charity. Atterbury called?
subsist — To be maintained with food and clothing; to be supported; to live. Milton. To subsist on other men's charity. Atterbury. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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