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sustaining
(encz) | sustaining,opěrný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sustaining
(encz) | sustaining,přispívající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Sustaining
(gcide) | Sustain \Sus*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sustained; p. pr. &
vb. n. Sustaining.] [OE. sustenen, susteinen, OF. sustenir,
sostenir, F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L.
subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- (see
Sub-) + tenere to hold. See Tenable, and cf.
Sustenance.]
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.
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Every pillar the temple to sustain. --Chaucer.
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2. Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the
like; to support.
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No comfortable expectations of another life to
sustain him under the evils in this world.
--Tillotson.
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3. To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to
nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army.
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4. To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate. --Shak.
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His sons, who seek the tyrant to sustain. --Dryden.
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5. To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under;
as, to sustain defeat and disappointment.
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6. To suffer; to bear; to undergo.
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Shall Turnus, then, such endless toil sustain?
--Dryden.
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You shall sustain more new disgraces. --Shak.
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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.
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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.
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Syn: To support; uphold; subsist; assist; relieve; suffer;
undergo.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
life-sustaining
(encz) | life-sustaining, adj: |
nonsustaining
(encz) | nonsustaining,neudržující |
self-sustaining
(encz) | self-sustaining,samoudržitelný adj: Toldaself-sustaining,soběstačný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sustaining
(encz) | sustaining,opěrný adj: Zdeněk Brožsustaining,přispívající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sustaining pedal
(encz) | sustaining pedal, n: |
sustaining program
(encz) | sustaining program, n: |
life-sustaining
(gcide) | life-sustaining \life-sustaining\ adj.
being the seat or source of life; performing a necessary
function in the living body; as, the need for life-sustaining
air and water.
Syn: vital.
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life-sustaining
(wn) | life-sustaining
adj 1: performing an essential function in the living body;
"vital organs"; "blood and other vital fluids"; "the loss
of vital heat in shock"; "a vital spot"; "life-giving
love and praise" [syn: vital, life-sustaining] |
self-sustaining
(wn) | self-sustaining
adj 1: able to provide for your own needs without help from
others; "a self-sufficing economic unit" [syn: {self-
sufficient}, self-sufficing, self-sustaining] |
sustaining pedal
(wn) | sustaining pedal
n 1: a pedal on a piano that lifts the dampers from the strings
and so allows them to continue vibrating [syn: {sustaining
pedal}, loud pedal] |
sustaining program
(wn) | sustaining program
n 1: a program without a commercial sponsor |
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