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sustentative

sustentative adjective: adapted to sustain, strengthen, or corroborate.

Adjective

sustentative (not comparable)

  1. Adapted to sustain, strengthen, or corroborate.
    • sustentative citations or quotations
  2. Relating to those functions of the body which affect its material composition and thus determine its mass.
    • sustentative selection

Questions about sustentative

What does sustentative mean?
Sustentative means adapted to sustain, strengthen, or corroborate.
What part of speech is sustentative?
Sustentative is an adjective.

Words near sustentative in the dictionary

  1. sustentating
  2. sustentatio
  3. sustentation
  4. sustentational
  5. sustentations
  6. sustentative
  7. sustentator
  8. sustentators
  9. sustention
  10. sustentions
  11. sustentive

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