单词 | sustentive |
释义 | sustentiveadj. Somewhat rare. Having the quality or property of sustaining something; esp. sustaining life or growth.In quot. ?a1425: (perhaps) engendering or bringing forth life; cf. sustaining adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [adjective] > preserving in being or maintaining sustaining?c1425 sustentative1629 sustentive1662 establishing1668 supporting1681 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 145v I trow wel þat som vertue sustentyue [L. sustentativa] abideþ in þe testiculez. 1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades vii. 124 Chersidamas..fell and crawlde vpon the earth, with his sustentiue palmes And left the fight. 1662 T. Stanley Hist. Chaldaick Philos. 23 These Powers the Oracle calls..Sustainers; as sustaining the whole world. The Oracle saith, they are immoveable, implying their setled Power; sustentive, denoting their Guardianship. 1839 Q. Jrnl. Agric. 10 No. 47. 469 After the oaks have advanced a certain length..the sustentive properties of the soil begin to fail them. 1863 A. De Morgan in S. E. De Morgan From Matter to Spirit Pref. p. xliv Experiences..of a character not sustentive of the gravity and dignity of the spiritual world. 1958 Physiol. Zool. 31 242 Sustentive metabolism is not adversely affected by the inhibitors. 1982 R. Nisbet Prejudices 90 Perhaps the hospice movement will..give all the sustentive attention that family once did. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1425 |
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