sustain

English

/səˈsteɪn/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.
  • (transitive) To provide for or nourish.
  • (transitive) To encourage or sanction (something).
  • (transitive) To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
  • (transitive) To confirm, prove, or corroborate; to uphold.
  • To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.
  • To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English susteinen derived from Old French sustenir derived from Latin sustinēre, sustineō (uphold) root from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (stretch, draw, extend, pull, clench, flex).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ten-

Gloss

stretch, draw, extend, pull, clench, flex

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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