قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية

Ardently desired or longed for; earnestly coveted.

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.

Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support.

To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army.

To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.

To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment.

To suffer; to bear; to undergo.

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.

To prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition.

One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer.

Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable.

of Sustain

Held up to a certain pitch, degree, or level; uniform; as, sustained pasion; a sustained style of writing; a sustained note in music.

One who, or that which, sustains.

of Sustain

The act of sustaining; maintenance; support.

Mournful; -- said of a species of music among the ancient Greeks.

The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life.

That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions; means of living; as, the city has ample sustenance.

Sustenance.