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SUSTAIN
- to provide with nourishment. keep up,
- also means to hold up the weight of, to suffer or endure, or to confirm or prove.
- Strengthen or support physically or mentally
- Cause to continue or be prolonged for an extended period or without interruption
- means to provide what is needed for something or someone to exist or continue to nourish.
- to maintain by providing with food and drink [v SUSTAINED, SUSTAINING, SUSTAINS]
- (of a performer) Represent (a part or character) convincingly
- Bear (the weight of an object) without breaking or falling
- Undergo or suffer (something unpleasant, esp. an injury)
- Uphold, affirm, or confirm the justice or validity of