sostenere

From Latin sustinēre.

• IPA^(key): /so.steˈne.re/
• Rhymes: -ere
• Hyphenation: so‧ste‧né‧re

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sostenére (first-person singular present sostèngo, first-person singular past historic sosténni or sostènni, past participle sostenùto, first-person singular future sosterrò, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

1. to support, to hold up, to prop, to carry the weight of

   Synonym: reggere

2. to sustain, to bear, to stand, to suffer

   Synonyms: subire, sopportare

3. to support, to back, to stand up for, to uphold, to defend, to cheer up

   Synonym: appoggiare

4. to state, to assert, to claim, to maintain

   Synonyms: affermare, proclamare

5. (theater) to play, to act
6. (philosophy) to be the arche of
   • (Can we date this quote?), Translation of Anaximenes' Fragment 2:

     Come l'anima nostra, che è aria, ci sostiene, così il soffio e l'aria circondano il mondo intero.

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• sostenersi
• sostentare

• sostenere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• estensore, sonereste, tenessero