单词 | sustenant |
释义 | sustenant, pres. pple. and a. rare.|ˈsʌstɪnənt| [In A., a. OF. sustenant, pr. pple. of sustenir to sustain; in B., f. sustenance: see -ant.] †A. pres. pple. Supporting, encouraging. Obs.
c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋366 (MS. Egerton 2726) Sustenaunt [Ellesm. sustenynge] the theft of her Ostillers. B. adj. Sustaining. Const. to, of.
1874M. Collins Transmigr. II. vi. 106 The flowers are sustenant and medicinal. 1897F. Thompson Poems, Anthem of Earth 147 Mother, I at last Shall sustenant be to thee. 1908Edin. Rev. Oct. 486 So as to make them congruous with it and sustenant of it. |

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