verb [V]
1 ~ (on sth) to manage to stay alive, especially with limited food or money:
Old people often subsist on very small incomes.
2 (formal) to exist; to be valid:
The terms of the contract subsist.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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