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What does subsist mean?

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Verb
  1. To survive on a minimum of resources.
  2. (philosophy) To have ontological reality; to exist.
  3. To continue; to retain a certain state.
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Historically, Arabs in Sudan tend to practice nomadic pastoralism, and black Africans tend to subsist through sedentary agriculture.
The business, as a trading enterprise, continued to subsist as an identifiable item of property.
The mountains, for the most part, had been ignored by the tiny seaside town that barely managed to subsist on the fish it caught each year.
Just as carnivores eat meat and herbivores eat plant matter, frugivores subsist primarily on fruit.
Of course, no one is suggesting that Congress subsist on a regular diet of impeachments.
The room's sink, dishwasher, cooktop, and refrigerator mean the clients don't have to subsist on takeout meals.

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