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subsist verb

  /səbˈsɪst/
  • To survive on a minimum of resources.
  • (mostly, philosophy) To have ontological reality; to exist.
  • To retain a certain state; to continue.
  • (transitive, obsolete) To supply sustenance or subsistence to or for.
 subsister

subsistence noun

  /səbˈsɪstəns/
  • The act of maintaining oneself at a minimum level.
  • (theology) Embodiment or personification or hypostasis of an underlying principle or quality.
 moyens d'existence
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