单词 | sustentate |
释义 | sustentatev. archaic and rare after 17th cent. transitive. To sustain; (in later use) esp. to give sustenance or support to. ΘΚΠ 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). < v.1542 |
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