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sus⋅tain

  [suh-steyn]
Use sustain in a Sentence
–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 sustinēre to uphold, equiv. to sus- sus- + -tinēre, comb. form of tenēre to hold

Related forms:
sus⋅tain⋅a⋅ble, adjective
sus⋅tain⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
sus⋅tain⋅ed⋅ly  [suh-stey-nid-lee, -steynd-] , 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')   
tr.v.   sus·tained, sus·tain·ing, sus·tains

  1. To keep in existence; maintain.

  2. To supply with necessities or nourishment; provide for.

  3. To support from below; keep from falling or sinking; prop.

  4. To support the spirits, vitality, or resolution of; encourage.

  5. To bear up under; withstand: can't sustain the blistering heat.

  6. To experience or suffer: sustained a fatal injury.

  7. To affirm the validity of: The judge has sustained the prosecutor's objection.

  8. To prove or corroborate; confirm.

  9. 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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Word Origin & History

sustain 
c.1290, from O.Fr. sustenir "hold up, endure," from L. sustinere "hold up, support, endure," from sub "up from below" + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Sustainable growth is recorded from 1965.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: sus·tain
Pronunciation: s&-'stAn
Function: transitive verb
1 : to support as true, legal, or just
2 : to allow or uphold as valid <sustain an objection> —compare OVERRULE 1 —sus·tain·able adjective
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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