Obs. rare. [f. L. sustent- or ad. L. sustentāre: see SUSTENTATE] trans. To sustain.
1512. Helyas, in Thoms, Prose Rom. (1828), III. 68. The which … myraclusly there had be nourrisshed and sustented by the divine providence of God.
1591. Sylvester, Du Bartas, I. vii. 518. No firmer base her burthen to sustent Then slippery props of softest Element.
