单词 | sustenate |
释义 | † sustenatev. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To provide with sustenance or support. Cf. sustenation n., sustentate v. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > supply (needs or wants) furnish1496 supporta1500 beeta1522 sustain1539 nourish1568 to set forthc1610 sustenate1712 1712 in G. Fox Hist. Pontefract (1827) 343 The said lands be granted..for the sustenating an afternoon lecturer. 1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth I. ii. 30 He was only the first of a long list of holy and hard-hitting ones who have, by this divine restorative, been sustenated, fortified, corroborated, and consoled. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < |
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