Sustain(v. t.)
- 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.
Sustain(v. t.)
- Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support.
Sustain(v. t.)
- To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army.
Sustain(v. t.)
- To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
Sustain(v. t.)
- To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment.
Sustain(v. t.)
- 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.
Sustain(v. t.)
- To prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition.
Sustain(n.)
- One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer.
Sustainability
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Sustainable(a.)
- Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable.
Sustainably
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Sustained(a.)
- Held up to a certain pitch, degree, or level; uniform; as, sustained pasion; a sustained style of writing; a sustained note in music.