Living and Subsist

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Living adjective - Being in effective operation.

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Subsist is a synonym for living. In some cases you can use "Subsist" instead a verb "Living".

Nearby Words: live, lived, livable

Subsist verb - To have life.

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Living is a synonym for subsist. Sometimes you can use "Living" instead a verb "Subsist".

Nearby Words: subsistence, subsisting

The skyskirr from Secret of the Sixth Magic by Lyndon Hardy subsist on bone marrow, which they can somehow drain from living creatures' limbs without necessarily killing them.

Source: Picky People Eater
Picky People Eater: The skyskirr from Secret of the Sixth Magic subsist on bone marrow, which they can somehow drain from living creatures' limbs without necessarily killing them.

Source: Creator / Lyndon Hardy
The Moroi are living vampires (meaning they are born, not made) who can subsist on human food, drink blood about once or twice a day, are susceptible to sunlight, and have Elemental Powers.

Source: Literature / Vampire Academy

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