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Sustaining

adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    That sustains, supports or provides sustenance.

    "[…] eternall life, the end of all our wearisome labours, and all our sustaining hopes."

Noun
  1. 1
    The process by which something is sustained or upheld.

    "Beginnings are very different from sustainings; the irregular, often violent, and improvised actions of the founder hero must be succeeded by the regular election of leaders according to law."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of sustain form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one, while in the case of monk and crusader there must have been a sustaining purpose, and possibly a great abnegation, a leaving of lands and possessions.”"

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