Definitions for sustentation
ˌsʌs tənˈteɪ ʃənsus·ten·ta·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sustenance, sustentation, sustainment, maintenance, upkeepnoun

   the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence

   "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sustentationnoun

   The act, or the result of sustaining; sustainment.

2. sustentationnoun

   The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth.

3. Etymology: First attested in 1382: from the sustentacion, from the sustentatio, from sustento; compare the sostentazione, the sustentacion, the sustentação, and the sustentación.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sustentationnoun

   Etymology: sustentation, Fr. from sustento, Latin.

   1. Support; preservation from falling.

   These steams once raised above the earth, have their ascent and sustentation aloft promoted by the air. Boyle.

   2. Support of life; use of victuals.

   A very abstemious animal, by reason of its frigidity, and latitancy in the winter, will long subsist without a visible sustentation. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

   3. Maintenance.

   When there be great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life and sustentation; it is of necessity that once in an age they discharge a portion of their people upon other nations. Francis Bacon.

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1. sustentation

   Sustentation is the process of supporting, maintaining, upholding, or providing with nourishment or the necessities of life. This can refer to both physical sustenance, such as food or shelter, and symbolic sustenance, such as emotional support or financial assistance.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sustentationnoun

   the act of sustaining, or the state of being sustained; preservation from falling; support; sustenance; maintenance

2. Sustentationnoun

   the aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth

3. Etymology: [L. sustentatio sustenance, maintenance, fr. sustentare to support, maintain, v. intens. fr. sustinere to sustain: cf. F. sustentation. See Sustain.]

How to pronounce sustentation?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sustentation in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sustentation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sustentation
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sustentation
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sustentation
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sustentation