Category:Sustenance

Sus"te*nance, n. Etym: [of. sustenance, sostenance, soustenance: cf. L. sustenentia endurance. See sustain.]

1. The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the Sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life.

2. That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions; means of Living; as, the city has ample sustenance. "a man of little Sustenance." Chaucer. For lying is thy sustenance, thy food. Milton.