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单词 sustentate
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sustentatev.

Brit. /ˈsʌst(ə)nteɪt/, U.S. /ˈsəst(ə)nˌteɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin sustentāt-, sustentāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin sustentāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix3) of sustentāre to hold up, support, to uphold, preserve, to sustain, to maintain, to endure, frequentative formation < sustent- , past participial stem of sustinēre sustain v. Compare later sustenate v.
archaic and rare after 17th cent.
transitive. To sustain; (in later use) esp. to give sustenance or support to.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > [verb (transitive)] > sustain life
sustainc1330
lead?a1366
finda1450
sustentate1542
breast1573
subsist1612
to keep body (life) and soul togethera1616
preserve1694
to eke out1825
the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > cause to endure, sustain, or prolong
lengOE
drawOE
teec1200
forlengtha1300
lengtha1300
drivec1300
tarryc1320
proloynec1350
continuec1380
to draw alonga1382
longa1382
dretch1393
conservea1398
to draw (out) in, into, at, or on lengtha1400
prorogue1419
prolongc1425
aroomc1440
prorogate?a1475
protend?a1475
dilate1489
forlong1496
relong1523
to draw out1542
sustentate1542
linger1543
defer1546
pertract1548
propagate1548
protract1548
linger1550
lengthen1555
train1556
detract?a1562
to make forth (long, longer)1565
stretch1568
extend1574
extenuate1583
dree1584
wire-draw1598
to spin out1603
trail1604
disabridge1605
produce1605
continuate1611
out-length1617
spin1629
to eke out1641
producta1670
prolongate1671
drawl1694
drag1697
perennate1698
string1867
perennialize1898
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > preserve from injury or destruction [verb (transitive)] > preserve in existence or maintain
at-holdc1220
to hold upc1290
maintaina1325
sustainc1390
sustent?a1425
preserve1427
sustentate1542
1542 T. Becon New Pollecye of Warre sig. Aijv Our countrey doth not only receaue and ioyfully sustentate it [sc. the body], but also opulently adourne..both that and the mynde wyth moost goodly..vertues.
1631 A. B. tr. L. Lessius De Providentia Numinis i. ix. 143 All things being first created by diuyne power, need to be sustentated by the said power.
1675 W. Collins Missa Triumphans 69 Their accidents remain undestroyed and are sustentated supernaturally by the power of God.
1849 Evangelical Mag. & Missionary Chron. July 342 Personal reflection, not public excitement..should sustentate the spirit.
1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth ii Who have by this divine restorative been sustentated, fortified,..and consoled.
1922 Today's Educ. Oct. 322/2 In the city of Southampton 485 teachers have been sustentated by the Union, at their full rates of pay, during the past thirteen weeks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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