sustain

nourrir

transitive verb

1. (keep up)

a. nourrir (interest)

b. maintenir (effort, growth)

2. (keep going) (person) (physically)

a. permettre de tenir

One slice of bread was not going to sustain me for long.Une tranche de pain ne me permettrait pas de tenir longtemps.

3. (suffer)

a. subir (damage, defeat, loss)

b. recevoir (wound, injury)

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Present:	sustaining
Past:	sustained

Indicative of "sustain"

	Present	Past	Future
I	sustain	sustained	will sustain
you	sustain	sustained	will sustain
he/she	sustains	sustained	will sustain
we	sustain	sustained	will sustain
you	sustain	sustained	will sustain
they	sustain	sustained	will sustain

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