All 3 Uses of
subsist
in
David Copperfield
- Have you considered what it is to undermine the confidence that should subsist between my daughter and myself?†
Chpt 37-39 *
- That my papa was too partial, I know; still, on such a point as the frigid coldness which has ever subsisted between Mr. Micawber and my family, I necessarily have formed an opinion, delusive though it may be.'†
Chpt 52-54
- I made no effort to conceal from myself, now, that I loved her, that I was devoted to her; but I brought the assurance home to myself, that it was now too late, and that our long-subsisting relation must be undisturbed.†
Chpt 58-60
Definition:
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(subsist) to survive -- especially without being able to manage comforts or luxuries