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Definition of Subsisted
1. subsist [v] - See also: subsist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subsisted
Literary usage of Subsisted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Calendar of State Papers by Great Britain Public Record Office, John William Fortescue (1904)
"Whitehall. and desired that the white-coats might be subsisted for another month
by the Treasury, ... Order for the soldiers to be subsisted accordingly. ..."
2. An Institute of the Law of Scotland: In Four Books : in the Order of Sir by John Erskine, George Mackenzie, James Ivory (1828)
"It was decided that the provision did not extend to bonds bearing date "while
the marriage subsisted¡"—" unless the wife prove that they were " granted for ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"... in time of war, of preferring their religion to their country ; but as long
as peace subsisted between the two empires, the persecuting spirit of the ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"... species of corporate constitution \vhich has for so long a period of time
subsisted in a course of undisturbed practice and usage, within this place. ..."
5. The history of America by William Robertson (1822)
"years; but they affirm that it had subsisted four hundred years. Acosta, lib.
vi, c. 19. Vega, lib. i, c. 9. By this account each reign is extended at a ..."
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