"My women friends
Sustain
and Nourish me.
Without them,
my soul
would
starve."
*sus·tain
(s
-st
n
)
(s
-stn) tr.v. sus·tained, sus·tain·ing, sus·tains
1. To keep in existence; maintain.
2. To supply with necessities or nourishment; provide for.
3. To support from below; keep from falling or sinking; prop.
4. To support the spirits, vitality, or resolution of; encourage.
5. To bear up under; withstand.
6. To experience or suffer: sustained a fatal injury.
7. To affirm the validity of.
8. To prove or corroborate; confirm.
9. To keep up competently.
