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sustentive, a. rare.|səˈstɛntɪv|
[f. L. sustent-, pa. ppl. stem of sustinēre to sustain + -ive.]
Having the quality or property of sustaining.
1662Stanley Hist. Chaldaick Philos. (1701) 18/2 These Powers the Oracle calls ἀνοχῆσας, Sustainers, as sustaining the whole World. The Oracle saith, they are immoveable, implying their setled Power; sustentive, denoting their Guardianship. 1863De Morgan Pref. in Fr. Matter to Spirit p. xliv, Experiences..of a character not sustentive of the gravity and dignity of the spiritual world. |