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sustained
1: to give support or relief to2: to supply with sustenance : nourish3: keep up, prolong4: to support the weight of : prop
; also : to carry or withstand (a weight or pressure)5: to buoy up <sustained by hope>6 a: to bear up under b: suffer, undergo <sustained heavy losses>7 a: to support as true, legal, or just b: to allow or admit as valid <the court sustained the motion>8: to support by adequate proof : confirm <testimony that sustains our contention>
— sus·tain·er noun
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