Definition:
- (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.
- (v. t.) Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support.
- (v. t.) To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army.
- (v. t.) To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
- (v. t.) To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment.
- (v. t.) To suffer; to bear; to undergo.
- (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.
- (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.
- (n.) One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer.
Compare sustain with other words:
settle vs. sustain
reveal vs. sustain
substantiate vs. sustain
perpetuation vs. sustain
prolong vs. sustain
attain vs. sustain
sustain vs. withstand
sustain vs. undergo
receive vs. sustain
persist vs. sustain
outstand vs. sustain
sustain vs. sustentate
sustain vs. sustentation
sustain vs. upstay
sustain vs. sustainment
sustain vs. sustainer
capacity vs. sustain
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continue vs. sustain
endorse vs. sustain
approve vs. sustain
persevere vs. sustain
administrator vs. sustain
endure vs. sustain
bolster vs. sustain
retain vs. sustain
remain vs. sustain
aloof vs. sustain
last vs. sustain
protect vs. sustain
support vs. sustain
succor vs. sustain
sustain vs. sustenance
sustain vs. sustainable
corroborate vs. sustain
prove vs. sustain
injury vs. sustain
confirm vs. sustain
suffer vs. sustain
experience vs. sustain
nourish vs. sustain
encourage vs. sustain
existence vs. sustain
provide vs. sustain
piano vs. sustain
hold vs. sustain
pedal vs. sustain
mechanism vs. sustain
maintain vs. sustain
aliment vs. sustain
aid vs. sustain
stay vs. sustain
sustain vs. upbear
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