What does sustentation mean?
Definitions for sustentation
ˌsʌs tənˈteɪ ʃənsus·ten·ta·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
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"
Wiktionary
sustentationnoun
The act, or the result of sustaining; sustainment.
sustentationnoun
The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth.
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 Dictionary
Sustentationnoun
Etymology: sustentation, Fr. from sustento, Latin.
These steams once raised above the earth, have their ascent and sustentation aloft promoted by the air. Boyle.
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.
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.
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
Sustentationnoun
the act of sustaining, or the state of being sustained; preservation from falling; support; sustenance; maintenance
Sustentationnoun
the aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth
Etymology: [L. sustentatio sustenance, maintenance, fr. sustentare to support, maintain, v. intens. fr. sustinere to sustain: cf. F. sustentation. See Sustain.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sustentation in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sustentation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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