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sustentation (n.)
late 14c., sustentacioun, "quality of being able to hold or support (someone or something); maintenance or continuance (of something)," from Anglo-French, Old French sustentacion, sostentacion "sustaining of life," from Latin sustentationem (nominative sustentatio) "maintenance," noun of action from past participle stem of sustentare "hold upright; feed, nourish, support; hold out, endure, suffer," frequentative of sustinere "to hold up" (see sustain). The sense of "support, preservation from falling or sinking" is by c. 1400. Related: Sustentative.
updated on September 07, 2022
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