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sustaining

verb

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of sustain

  2. The process by which something is sustained or upheld.

    • Beginnings are very different from sustainings; the irregular, often violent, and improvised actions of the founder hero must be succeeded by the regular election of leaders according to law.

  3. That sustains, supports or provides sustenance.

    • […] eternall life, the end of all our wearisome labours, and all our sustaining hopes.
    • Sometimes, I had proceeded restlessly from place to place, stopping nowhere; sometimes, I had lingered long in one spot. I had had no purpose, no sustaining soul within me, anywhere.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at sustaining. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01sustaining02upheld03uphold04support05mentally06mind07remember08mindful

A definitional loop anchored at sustaining. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at sustaining

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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