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sustain
Part of speech: VerbTo hold up or support; as, to sustain a weight; maintain or keep up; as, to sustain an argument; support, or keep alive; as, food sustains life; undergo; as, to sustain a money loss; bear; endure without falling; as, to sustain a blow; keep up the courage or spirits of; as, his faith sustained him; prove; strengthen; as, to sustain a charge, at law; support or admit as just and true.
Usage examples "sustain":- If you lose your heart in vain to her you will need more than German philosophy to sustain you." - "His Sombre Rivals", E. P. Roe.
- Coconnas was behind him, ready to urge him forward or sustain a retreat. - "Marguerite de Valois", Alexandre Dumas.
- It seems to me that I've got hold of a hand that can sustain me. - "A Knight Of The Nineteenth Century", E. P. Roe.