sustain

  • 41sustain — sus·tain || sÉ™ steɪn v. support, provide for, finance; support from below; nourish; assist; encourage, comfort; endure, withstand; prolong, maintain, preserve; experience, undergo; uphold, affirm; confirm …

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  • 42sustain — issuant …

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  • 43sustain — verb 1》 strengthen or support physically or mentally.     ↘bear (the weight of an object). 2》 keep (something) going over time or continuously. 3》 suffer (something unpleasant). 4》 uphold or confirm the justice or validity of. noun Music an… …

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  • 44sustain — v. a. 1. Bear, support, uphold, hold up, keep from falling. 2. Nourish, maintain, support, subsist, keep alive, supply with food. 3. Aid, comfort, relieve, assist. 4. Suffer, undergo, endure, bear. 5. Sanction, approve, confirm, ratify. 6.… …

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  • 45sustain — v 1. carry, support, hold, hold up, uphold; truss, shoulder, buttress, brace, shore up, underprop, underpin, underset, reinforce; bear, bolster, strengthen. 2. undergo, experience, suffer, endure, tolerate, hold out; brook, submit to, abide,… …

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  • 46sustain — sus·tain …

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  • 47Sustain — PP The amplitude of a sound or musical note while it is being held. This occurs after the attack and decay phases …

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  • 48sustain —   Paepae, ko o (support); hānai (feed) …

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  • 49sustain — To carry on; to maintain. To affirm, uphold or approve, as when an appellate court sustains the decision of a lower court. To grant, as when a judge sustains an objection to testimony or evidence, he or she agrees with the objection and gives it… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 50sustain — To uphold. To provide support. To endure; to undergo. Within the meaning of the Federal income tax statute losses are sustained when the events definitely occur which give rise thereto. Brooks v United States (DC Pa) 32 F Supp 158 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary