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sus⋅tain
[suh-steyn]
–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
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⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
sus⋅tain⋅ment, noun
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