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NOUN:
    1. The act of sustaining.
    2. The condition of being sustained.
  2. The supporting of life or health; maintenance: "to deliver in every morning six beeves, forty sheep, and other victuals for my sustenance" (Jonathan Swift).
  3. Something, especially food, that sustains life or health.
  4. Means of livelihood.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French, from sustenir, to sustain ; see sustain


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