All 3 Uses of
sustain
in
Gulliver's Travels
- That a proper quantity of this powder rammed into a hollow tube of brass or iron, according to its bigness, would drive a ball of iron or lead, with such violence and speed, as nothing was able to sustain its force.†
Chpt 2
- This magnet is sustained by a very strong axle of adamant passing through its middle, upon which it plays, and is poised so exactly that the weakest hand can turn it.†
Chpt 3 *
- Here my master interposed, by asking me, "how I could persuade strangers, out of different countries, to venture with me, after the losses I had sustained, and the hazards I had run?"†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(sustain as in: sustained by her faith) provide support or necessities