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Subsistence - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Subsistence : (noun)
1: minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting; "social
security provided only a bare subsistence"
2: a means of surviving; "farming is a hard means of
subsistence"
3: the state of existing in reality; having substance
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Subsistence : \Sub*sist"ence\, n. [Cf. F. subsistance, L.
subsistentia.]
1. Real being; existence.
Not only the things had subsistence, but the very
images were of some creatures existing.
--Stillingfleet.
2. Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies.
3. That which furnishes support to animal life; means of
support; provisions, or that which produces provisions;
livelihood; as, a meager subsistence.
His viceroy could only propose to himself a
comfortable subsistence out of the plunder of his
province. --Addison.
4. (Theol.) Same as Hypostasis, 2. --Hooker.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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