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Search phrase: sustain

Plays

19 result(s). alternate result(s)

Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
All's Well That Ends Well	AW II.iii.280	Which should sustain the bound and high curvet	Which should sustaine the bound and high curuet
Antony and Cleopatra	AC I.iii.17.1	Will not sustain it.	Will not sustaine it.
Antony and Cleopatra	AC III.xi.45	Well then, sustain me. O!	Well then, sustaine me: Oh.
Cymbeline	Cym I.v.112	and I doubt not you sustain what you're	and I doubt not you sustaine what y'are
Hamlet	Ham I.iii.29	Then weigh what loss your honour may sustain	Then weigh what losse your Honour may sustaine,
Henry VI Part 1	1H6 III.ii.78	Pricked on by public wrongs sustained in France,	Prickt on by publike Wrongs sustain'd in France,
Henry VI Part 3	3H6 III.ii.39	To do them good I would sustain some harm.	To doe them good, I would sustayne some harme.
Henry VIII	H8 III.ii.5	But that you shall sustain moe new disgraces	But that you shall sustaine moe new disgraces,
King Lear	KL I.i.134	By you to be sustained, shall our abode	By you to be sustain'd, shall our abode
King Lear	KL I.iv.329	If she sustain him and his hundred knights	If she sustaine him, and his hundred Knights
King Lear	KL III.iii.5	speak of him, entreat for him, or any way sustain him.	speake of him, entreat for him, or any way sustaine him.
King Lear	KL IV.iv.6	In our sustaining corn. (To soldiers) A century send forth;	In our sustaining Corne. A Centery send forth;
King Lear	KL V.iii.318	Rule in this realm, and the gored state sustain.	Rule in this Realme, and the gor'd state sustaine.
The Merchant of Venice	MV IV.i.373	That doth sustain my house. You take my life	That doth sustaine my house: you take my life
Othello	Oth V.ii.258	A better never did itself sustain	A better neuer did it selfe sustaine
The Tempest	Tem I.ii.218	On their sustaining garments not a blemish,	On their sustaining garments not a blemish,
Timon of Athens	Tim V.i.199	That nature's fragile vessel doth sustain	That Natures fragile Vessell doth sustaine
Twelfth Night	TN I.v.167	taken great pains to con it. Good beauties, let me sustain	taken great paines to con it. Good Beauties, let mee sustaine
Twelfth Night	TN IV.ii.125	Your need to sustain.	your neede to sustaine.

Poems

3 result(s).

Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.139	Is but to surfeit, and such griefs sustain	Is but to surfet, and such griefes sustaine,
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.1272	If thou dost weep for grief of my sustaining,	If thou dost weepe for griefe of my sustaining:
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.1573	Short time seems long in sorrow's sharp sustaining:	Short time seems long, in sorrowes sharp sustayning,

Glossary

28 result(s).

answer	act along with, sustain, respond to
bear	sustain, carry through, keep going
bear	sustain, support, uphold
carry	sustain, support, hold one's own
cherish	support, foster, sustain
entertain	receive, sustain, meet with
friend	befriend, sustain, assist
hold	support, uphold, sustain
hold	sustain, maintain, keep up
holding	ability to maintain, power of sustaining
reserved	well-guarded, preserved, sustained
stander	supporter, sustainer, prop
suffer	undergo, sustain, endure
suffered	undergone, sustained, endured
supply	maintain, provide for, sustain
support	endure, bear, sustain
supportable	bearable, endurable, sustainable
sustain	endure, withstand, support
sustain	provide for, furnish with necessities
sustain	receive, undergo, experience
sustain	take up a position, have a place
sustaining	life-supporting, nourishing
tend	serve, promote, sustain
undergo	support, sustain, bear
undergoing	sustaining, resolute, of endurance
unseconded	unsupported, unsustained
uphold	maintain, sustain, keep intact
vouchsafe	cope with, sustain, be prepared to bear

Thesaurus

24 result(s).

power of sustaining	holding
sustain	answer
sustain	bear
sustain	bear
sustain	carry
sustain	cherish
sustain	entertain
sustain	friend
sustain	hold
sustain	hold
sustain	suffer
sustain	supply
sustain	support
sustain	tend
sustain	undergo
sustain	uphold
sustain	vouchsafe
sustain, power to	holding
sustainable	supportable
sustained	reserved
sustained	suffered
sustainer	stander
sustaining	undergoing
unsustained	unseconded

Themes and Topics

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Plants

...with the ‘idle weeds that grow / in our sustaining corn’ bur burr h5 v ii ...
...with the ‘idle weeds that grow / in our sustaining corn’ darnel kl iv iv 5 ...
...with the ‘idle weeds that grow / in our sustaining corn’ dock h5 v ii 52 ...
...with the ‘idle weeds that grow / in our sustaining corn’ hebona ham i v 62 ...

Words Families

4 result(s).

Word Family	Word Family Group	Words
SUSTAIN	BASIC	sustain v, sustaining adj, sustaining n, sustenance n

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