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to supply with nourishment<a granola bar will sustain you long enough to last until lunch>Synonymsnourish, nurtureRelated Wordssate, satiate, satisfy; cloy, fill, surfeit; fortify, strengthen; feed; board, cater, provision
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to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it<sustained heavy losses in the flood>— see experience
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to put up with (something painful or difficult)<I wonʼt sustain such insolence!>— see bear 2
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