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SustainSustain Sus*tain", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sustained; p. pr. &
vb. n. Sustaining.] [OE. sustenen, susteinen, OF. sustenir,
sostenir, F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L.
subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- (see
Sub-) + tenere to hold. See Tenable, and cf.
Sustenance.]
1. 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.
Every pillar the temple to sustain. --Chaucer.
2. Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the
like; to support.
No comfortable expectations of another life to
sustain him under the evils in this world.
--Tillotson.
3. To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to
nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army.
4. To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate. --Shak.
His sons, who seek the tyrant to sustain. --Dryden.
5. To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under;
as, to sustain defeat and disappointment.
6. To suffer; to bear; to undergo.
Shall Turnus, then, such endless toil sustain?
--Dryden.
You shall sustain more new disgraces. --Shak.
7. 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.
8. To prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or
confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an
accusation, or a proposition.
Syn: To support; uphold; subsist; assist; relieve; suffer;
undergo. Sustain
Sustain Sus*tain", n.
One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer.
[Obs.]
I waked again, for my sustain was the Lord. --Milton.
Meaning of Sustains from wikipedia
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Sustain is a
parameter of
musical sound in time.
Sustain may also
refer to:
Sustain (album), a 2007...
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Sustainability is a
social goal for
people to co-exist on
Earth over a long
period of time.
Definitions of this term are
disputed and have
varied with...
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concept of a God who
sustains and
upholds everything in
existence Sustain (disambiguation)
Sustainability Sustenance The
Sustainer -
House journal of the...
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Sustainable development is an
approach to
growth and
human development that aims to meet the
needs of the
present without compromising the
ability of...
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typically the
rightmost of two or
three pedals. When pressed, the
sustain pedal "
sustains" all the
damped strings on the
piano by
moving all the dampers...
- The 2030
Agenda for
Sustainable Development,
adopted by all
United Nations (UN)
members in 2015,
created 17
world Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...
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solar winds and
cosmic radiation.
Earth has a
dynamic atmosphere,
which sustains Earth's
surface conditions and
protects it from most
meteoroids and UV-light...
- been
various criticism towards the lack of
consideration regarding sustainability (which
later got
addressed by the
planetary pressures-adjusted HDI)...
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Sustainable agriculture is
farming in
sustainable ways
meeting society's
present food and
textile needs,
without compromising the
ability for current...
- Self-
sustainability and self-sufficiency are
overlapping states of
being in
which a person, being, or
system needs little or no help from, or interaction...
