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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. |
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Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the
like; to support. |
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To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to
nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army. |
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To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate. |
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To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up
under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment. |
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To suffer; to bear; to undergo. |
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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. |
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To prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or
confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an accusation,
or a proposition. |
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One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer. |
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