sustain

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1. 1.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.
2. 2.To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army.
3. 3.To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate. Shak. His sons, who seek the tyrant to sustain. Dryden.
4. 4.To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment.
5. 5.To suffer; to bear; to undergo. Shall Turnus, then, such endless toil sustain Dryden. You shall sustain more new disgraces. Shak.
6. 6.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.
7. 7.To prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition.
8. 8.One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer. [Obs.] I waked again, for my sustain was the Lord. Milton.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is 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 called?
• What is to maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army called?
• What is to aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate. Shak. His sons, who seek the tyrant to sustain. Dryden called?
• What is to endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment called?
• What is to suffer; to bear; to undergo. Shall Turnus, then, such endless toil sustain Dryden. You shall sustain more new disgraces. Shak called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition called?
• What is one who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer. [Obs.] I waked again, for my sustain was the Lord. Milton called?