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to provide with nourishment
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to support the weight of : prop; also : to carry or withstand (a weight or pressure)
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to support as true, legal, or just
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to allow or admit as valid
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| Did You Know? |
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Sustain, prop, buttress, and brace all mean "to provide support for something or someone." Sustain (from Latin sus-, meaning "up," plus tenēre, meaning "to hold") may suggest constantly holding up or maintaining ("the floor sustains the weight of dozens of bookcases"). Prop
often implies a tendency to fall, sink, or recede on the part of the
thing being treated—and therefore, a need for
strengthening or
reinforcing ("propped up the damaged fence with long boards"). Buttress tends to involve strengthening, reinforcing, or stabilizing at a stress point ("buttress the economy"). Brace
typically suggests supporting or strengthening so that the thing
treated is made firm, unyielding, or rigid against pressure ("brace the
shelf with an angle iron").
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| Examples of SUSTAIN |
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"It takes a village, a tribe, and a sorority to sustain one
another, to flourish and to become an accomplished adult. So sisterhood
means inspiring women around me, encouraging each other, crying,
laughing, stumbling, and continuing on the path."
— Diana Tofan, Glamour, November 2017
"So one of our main goals was how can we make the game safer, prevent the injury that I sustained and that others sustained, head and neck injuries, from happening without affecting the speed, intensity, heritage or adding any more rules to the game."
— Thomas Smith, quoted on National Public Radio, 6 Jan. 2014
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What offspring of tenēre means "a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true"?
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