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sus·tain

[suh-steyn] Pronunciation Key

–verb (used with object)

1.	to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.

2.	to bear (a burden, charge, etc.).

3.	to undergo, experience, or suffer (injury, loss, etc.); endure without giving way or yielding.

4.	to keep (a person, the mind, the spirits, etc.) from giving way, as under trial or affliction.

5.	to keep up or keep going, as an action or process: to sustain a conversation.

6.	to supply with food, drink, and other necessities of life.

7.	to provide for (an institution or the like) by furnishing means or funds.

8.	to support (a cause or the like) by aid or approval.

9.	to uphold as valid, just, or correct, as a claim or the person making it: The judge sustained the lawyer's objection.

10.	to confirm or corroborate, as a statement: Further investigation sustained my suspicions.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME suste(i)nen < AF sustenir, OF < L sustinére to uphold, equiv. to sus- sus- + -tinére, comb. form of tenére to hold

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—Related forms

sus·tain·a·ble, adjective

sus·tain·a·bil·i·ty, noun

sus·tain·ed·ly

[suh-stey-nid-lee, -steynd-] Pronunciation Key, adverb

sus·tain·ing·ly, adverb

sus·tain·ment, noun

—Synonyms 1. carry. See support. 3. bear. 5. maintain.

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sus·tain (sə-stān') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. sus·tained, sus·tain·ing, sus·tains

To keep in existence; maintain.
To supply with necessities or nourishment; provide for.
To support from below; keep from falling or sinking; prop.
To support the spirits, vitality, or resolution of; encourage.
To bear up under; withstand: can't sustain the blistering heat.
To experience or suffer: sustained a fatal injury.
To affirm the validity of: The judge has sustained the prosecutor's objection.
To prove or corroborate; confirm.
To keep up (a joke or assumed role, for example) competently.

[Middle English sustenen, from Old French sustenir, from Latin sustinēre : sub-, from below; see sub- + tenēre, to hold; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]

sus·tain'a·bil'i·ty n., sus·tain'a·ble adj., sus·tain'er n., sus·tain'ment n.

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sus·tain·a·ble (sə-stā'nə-bəl) Pronunciation Key
adj.