SUSTENANCE
\sˈʌstənəns], \sˈʌstənəns], \s_ˈʌ_s_t_ə_n_ə_n_s]\
Definitions of SUSTENANCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 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
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a source of materials to nourish the body
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the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment"
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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That which sustains: maintenance: provisions.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The act or process of sustaining; also, subsistence; food.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [French] Act of sustaining ; support ; maintenance ;-that which supports life ; food ; provisions.
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