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sustain
/səˈsteɪn/
verb1 of 2
to maintain, lengthen or continue to do something
- “Time and space are one body, mind and things sustain each other.”Tatoeba
- “The judge sustained the lawyer's objections.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.
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