Definitions of sustain
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To
hold
up:
to
bear:
to
maintain:
to
relieve:
to
prove:
to
sanction:
to
prolong.
-
To
bear;
endure;
maintain;
prove.
-
To
uphold,
as
a
weight;
keep
up;
encourage;
support;
maintain.
-
To
endure;
suffer.
-
To
establish;
prove.
-
admit
as
valid; "
The
court
sustained
the
motion"
-
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.
-
To
maintain;
to
keep
alive;
to
support;
to
subsist;
to
nourish;
as,
provisions
to
sustain
an
army.
-
To
aid,
comfort,
or
relieve;
to
vindicate.
-
To
endure
without
failing
or
yielding;
to
bear
up
under;
as,
to
sustain
defeat
and
disappointment.
-
To
suffer;
to
bear;
to
undergo.
-
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.
-
To
prove;
to
establish
by
evidence;
to
corroborate
or
confirm;
to
be
conclusive
of;
as,
to
sustain
a
charge,
an
accusation,
or
a
proposition.
-
One
who,
or
that
which,
upholds
or
sustains;
a
sustainer.
-
To
bear;
to
uphold;
to
hold;
to
keep
from
falling;
to
support;
to
maintain;
to
keep
alive;
to
assist
or
relieve.
-
To
bear
or
hold
up;
to
keep
from
falling;
to
keep
alive;
to
maintain;
to
suffer,
as
a
loss.
-
SUSTAINER.
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