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Quote:Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest of violence. [Isaac Asimov]

Quote:Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest of violence. [H. L. Mencken]



Definitions of: sustain

Definition: To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.

Definition: Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support.

Definition: To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army.

Definition: To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.

Definition: To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment.

Definition: To suffer; to bear; to undergo.

Definition: To allow the prosecution of; to admit as valid; to sanction; to continue; not to dismiss or abate; as, the court sustained the action or suit.

Definition: To prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition.

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