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sustenation

sustenation noun: the process of sustaining something; sustentation; maintenance.

Noun

sustenation (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) The process of sustaining something; sustentation; maintenance.
    • […] subservient to the ends they were designed for, God's glory and the sustenation and comfort of ourselves and our fellow-creatures.1710, George Berkeley, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge

Origin of sustenation

Variant of sustentation, likely by analogy to sustenance.

Questions about sustenation

What does sustenation mean?
Sustenation means the process of sustaining something; sustentation; maintenance.
What part of speech is sustenation?
Sustenation is a noun.

Words near sustenation in the dictionary

  1. Sustaita
  2. Sustaitas
  3. sustenacular
  4. sustenance
  5. sustenances
  6. sustenation
  7. sustentacle
  8. sustentacles
  9. sustentacula
  10. sustentacular
  11. sustentaculum

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