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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Sustentative

· Sus·ten·ta·tive · IPA
01 a. Adapted to sustain, strengthen, or corroborate; as, sustentative citations or quotations.
  1. 1.
    Adapted to sustain, strengthen, or corroborate; as, sustentative citations or quotations.
Phrases & compounds
Sustentative functions — those functions of the body which affect its material composition and thus determine its mass.