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ˈsustentate, v. Obs. or arch. rare.
[f. L. sustentāt-, pa. ppl. stem of sustentāre, f. sustent-, pa. ppl. stem of sustinēre to sustain: see -ate3.]
trans. To sustain.
a1564Becon Policy War Pref., Wks. I. 124 Our countrey doeth not onely receaue and ioyfullye sustentate it [sc. the body], but also opulently adourne..both that and the minde with most goodly..vertues. 1631A. B. tr. Lessius' De Prov. Num. i. ix. 143 All things being first created by diuyne power, need to be sustentated by the said power. 1861Reade Cloister & H. ii, Who have by this divine restorative been sustentated, fortified,..and consoled. |