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SUSTA'IN, L. sustineo sub and teneo, to hold under.
1. To bear to uphold to support as, a foundation sustains the superstructure pillars sustain an edifice a beast sustains a load.
2. To hold to keep from falling as, a rope sustains a weight.
3. To support to keep from sinking in despondence. The hope of a better life sustains the afflicted amidst all their sorrows.
4. To maintain to keep alive to support to subsist as provisions to sustain a family or an army.
5. To support in any condition by aid to assist or relieve.
His sons, who seek the tyrant to sustain.
6. To bear to endure without failing or yielding. The mind stands collected and sustains the shock.
Shall Turnus then such endless toil sustain?
7. To suffer to bear to undergo.
You shall sustain more new disgraces.
8. To maintain to support not to dismiss or abate. Notwithstanding the plea in bar or in abatement, the court sustained the action or suit.
9. To maintain as a sufficient ground. The testimony or the evidence is not sufficient to sustain the action, the accusation, the charges, or the impeachment.
10. In music, to continue, as the sound of notes through their whole length.
SUSTA'IN, n. That which upholds. Not in use.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Sustain'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/sustain.html.
Entry for 'Sustain'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/sustain.html.
