| 释义 |
† sustenable, a. Obs.
Also 5 -tin-.
[a. OF. sus-, sostenable, f. sostenir to sustain.]
1. Capable of being or that is maintained in physical life and growth: in quots. used as synonym for vegetable a. 1.
c1400tr. Secr. Secr., Gov. Lordsh. 90 Some þinges vegetables or sustenables er..by sedys, & with-outen plantyng. Ibid. 95 Þe composisioun vegitable þat is sustinable is mor noble þan þe originale.
2. Capable of being endured; = sustainable a. 1.
1471Caxton Recuyell (Sommer) 320 Hys strookes were not sustenable. |