Monday, December 5, 2011

La Verbe du Jour

Sustain, v.
1. To strengthen or support physically or mentally.
2. To cause to continue or be prolonged for an extended period or without interruption.
3. To bear (the weight of an object) without breaking or falling.

ORIGIN: From the Latin sustinere, from sub- 'from below' + tenere 'hold'


"Listen to Me, you whom I have upheld since your birth... Even to your old age and grey hairs I am He, I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you." - Isaiah 46:4