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verb

Sustain v. t. (past & past part. sustained; pres. part. sustaining)

1.

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. "Every pillar the temple to sustain."

2.

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."

3.

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

4.

To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate. "His sons, who seek the tyrant to sustain."

5.

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

6.

To suffer; to bear; to undergo. "Shall Turnus, then, such endless toil sustain?" "You shall sustain more new disgraces."

7.

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.

8.

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

Synonyms: To support; uphold; subsist; assist; relieve; suffer; undergo.

adjective

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

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... remarkably good metrist, had been of use to him. And he acquitted himself now in a manner which, if it never quite attains the weird charm of Christabel itself at its best, is more varied, better sustained, and, above all, better suited to the story-telling which was, of course, Scott's supremest gift. It is very curious to compare Coleridge's remarks on Scott's verse with those of Wordsworth, in reference to the White Doe of Rylstone. Neither in Christabel, nor in the White Doe, is ...

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