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Webster 1913 Edition

Sustainable

Sus-tain′a-ble

,

Adj.

[Cf. F.

soutenable

, OF.

soustenable

.]

Capable of being sustained or maintained;

as, the action is not

sustainable

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sustainable

SUSTA'INABLE

,

Adj.

That may be sustained or maintained. The action is not sustainable.