Sustain
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. t.) Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support.
(2): ( 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.
(3): ( v. t.) To suffer; to bear; to undergo.
(4): ( n.) One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer.
(5): ( 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.
(6): ( 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.
(7): ( v. t.) To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
(8): ( v. t.) To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment.
(9): ( v. t.) To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army.
King James Dictionary [2]
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.
