sustention
[ suh-sten-shuh n ]
/ səˈstɛn ʃən /
noun
the act of sustaining.
the state or quality of being sustained.
Origin of sustention
OTHER WORDS FROM sustention
sus·ten·tive [suh-sten-tiv] /səˈstɛn tɪv/, adjectiveWords nearby sustention
sustentacular,
sustentacular cell,
sustentaculum,
sustentation,
sustentation fund,
sustention,
sustineo alas,
susu,
susurrant,
susurrate,
susurration
Example sentences from the Web for sustention
Accuracy, verisimilitude, sustention, count for nothing in comparison with imaginative adroitness and variety.
Diderot and the Encyclopaedists (Vol 1 of 2) |John Morley