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Sustain
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support.
(2):
(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.
(3):
(v. t.) To suffer; to bear; to undergo.
(4):
(n.) One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer.
(5):
(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.
(6):
(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.
(7):
(v. t.) To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
(8):
(v. t.) To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment.
(9):
(v. t.) To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sustain'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/sustain.html. 1828.
