Definition of Subsisting

1. Verb. (present participle of subsist) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Subsisting

1. subsist [v] - See also: subsist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subsisting

subsigning
subsigns
subsilicate
subsilicates
subsinuate
subsist
subsisted
subsistence
subsistence farming
subsistences
subsistencies
subsistency
subsistent
subsister
subsisters
subsisting (current term)
subsists
subsite
subsites
subsizar
subsizars
subskill
subskills
subslice
subslices
subsocial
subsocieties
subsociety
subsoil
subsoiled

Literary usage of Subsisting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the American Law Relating to Mines and Mineral Lands Within by Curtis Holbrook Lindley (1914)
"Status of mining claims located within the limits of a subsisting military reservation. { 192. Effect of creating a military reservation embracing prior ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"A surety cannot be allowed to procure the release of a prisoner ou the basis of a bond signed by him and another, holding it out as a subsisting bond to a ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"power to fond any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, unless the same were (now) "binding or subsisting legal obligations " against it, and which were ..."

4. Principles of Contract: Being a Treatise on the General Principles by Frederick Pollock (1885)
"Effect of war on subsisting contracts. An agreement may be void for reasons of this ... The effect of the outbreak of war upon subsisting contracts between ..."

5. A Treatise on the American Law Relating to Mines and Mineral Lands Within by Curtis Holbrook Lindley (1914)
"Status of mining claims located within the limits of a subsisting military reservation. § 192. Effect of creating a military reservation embracing prior ..."

6. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1887)
"... JOHN course subsisting between Exeter and Merton see CW BOASE, Register of Exeter College, intr. p. ix.) Chilmark enjoyed a considerable reputation for ..."

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