"sustaining" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict",
          "text": "Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one, while in the case of monk and crusader there must have been a sustaining purpose, and possibly a great abnegation, a leaving of lands and possessions.”",
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        "The process by which something is sustained or upheld."
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          "ref": "1641, John Milton, Of Prelatical Episcopacy, London: Thomas Underhill, page 24",
          "text": "[…] eternall life, the end of all our wearisome labours, and all our sustaining hopes.",
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          "text": "1771, Elizabeth Griffith, The History of Lady Barton, London: T. Davies & T. Cadell, Volume 2, Letter 31, p. 21,\nI turned quick to look for him, and saw him coming towards me, with another gentleman—But I saw no more, my senses forsook me; in spite of Maria’s sustaining arm, I fell motionless on the ground."
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          "ref": "1929, Josephine Tey, chapter 1, in The Man in the Queue, New York: Pocket Book, published 1977, page 5",
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          "roman": "podkrepjašt",
          "sense": "that sustains, supports or provides sustenance",
          "word": "подкрепящ"
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          "sense": "that sustains, supports or provides sustenance",
          "word": "cothabhálach"
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          "sense": "that sustains, supports or provides sustenance",
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      "sense": "that sustains, supports or provides sustenance",
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