sustain

  1. Noun.  (music) A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To maintain (''something''), or keep it in existence.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To provide for or nourish (''something'').
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To encourage (''something'').
  5. Verb.  (transitive) To experience or suffer (''an injury, etc.'').
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To confirm, prove, or corroborate (''something'').

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