SUSTAIN
\səstˈe͡ɪn], \səstˈeɪn], \s_ə_s_t_ˈeɪ_n]\
Definitions of SUSTAIN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.
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To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army.
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To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
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To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment.
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To suffer; to bear; to undergo.
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To allow the prosecution of; to admit as valid; to sanction; to continue; not to dismiss or abate; as, the court sustained the action or suit.
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To prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition.
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One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer.
By Oddity Software
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To uphold, as a weight; keep up; encourage; support; maintain.
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To endure; suffer.
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To establish; prove.
By James Champlin Fernald
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