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n.
One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word.
n.
Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support.
n.
One who sustains a great burden.
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The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment; hence, that which feeds or sustains, as fuel for a fire; that upon which the mind or soul is nourished; as, intellectual pabulum.
n.
One who supports or sustains; especially, at a funeral, one of those who bear the copse, as distinguished from a bearer, or pallbearer, who helps to hold up the pall.
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One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king.
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The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.
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One who suffers; one who endures or undergoes suffering; one who sustains inconvenience or loss; as, sufferers by poverty or sickness; men are sufferers by fire or by losses at sea.
v.
That which sustains an incumbent weight; that on which anything rests or leans for support; a support; a stay; as, a prop for a building.
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An exhibition in which an actor sustains many characters.
n.
One who, or that which, sustains.
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One who uses, or sustains the use of, the veto.
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One who, or that which, endures or lasts; one who bears, suffers, or sustains.
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One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer.
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One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.
v. t.
To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.
v. t.
Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits for use, as a gun on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or paper; to prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or a sword blade by adding the hilt, scabbard, etc.
n.
Especially, an adherent; one who sustains, advocates, and defends; as, the supporter of a party, faction, or candidate.
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That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind.
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