Sus*pired" (?), a. Ardently desired or longed for; earnestly coveted.
[Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
Sus*tain" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sustained (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Sustaining.] [OE. sustenen, susteinen, OF. sustenir, sostenir, F.
soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub
under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- (see Sub-) + tenere to hold. See
Tenable, and cf. Sustenance.] 1. 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.
Every pillar the temple to sustain.
Chaucer.
2. Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to
support.
No comfortable expectations of another life to sustain him under
the evils in this world.
Tillotson.
3. To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as,
provisions to sustain an army.