/seuhb sis"teuhnt/ , adj.
1. subsisting, existing, or continuing in existence.
2. inherent: subsistent qualities of character.
n.
3. Philos. something that exists necessarily as opposed to contingent existence in space and time.
[ 1520-30; subsistent- (s. of subsistens ), prp. of subsistere to remain; see SUBSIST, -ENT ]