soustenir

== French == === Verb === soustenir obsolete spelling of soutenir === Further reading === “soustenir”, in Dictionnaire de l'Académie française (in French), 1st edition, 1694 == Middle French == === Alternative forms === soubtenir === Etymology === From Old French soustenir. === Verb === soustenir to keep up; to sustain ==== Descendants ==== French: soutenir == Old French == === Alternative forms === sostenir sustenir === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *sustenīre, from Latin sustinēre. === Verb === soustenir to keep up; to sustain to bear (suffering, a burden, punishment, etc.) ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem soustien distinct from the unstressed stem sousten, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Descendants ==== → English: sustain Middle French: soustenir French: soutenir, soustenir, soûtenir (obsolete)Haitian Creole: soutni === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “soustenir”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. sustenir on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub