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▪ I. † sustent, n. Obs. rare.
[? Shortening of sustentacle, after OF. soustien.]
That which sustains or supports.
1664Evelyn tr. Freart's Archit. 125 The Base..imports the sustent, prop or foot of a thing.
▪ II. † sustent, v. Obs. rare.
[f. L. sustent- or ad. L. sustentāre: see sustentate.]
trans. To sustain.
1512Helyas in Thoms Prose Rom. (1828) III. 68 The which..myraclusly there had be nourrisshed and sustented by the divine providence of God. 1591Sylvester Du Bartas i. vii. 518 No firmer base her burthen to sustent Then slippery props of softest Element. |