- Sustentative functions
- Sustentative Sus"ten*ta*tive, a.
Adapted to sustain, strengthen, or corroborate; as,
sustentative citations or quotations.
[1913 Webster]
{Sustentative functions} (Physiol.), those functions of the body which affect its material composition and thus determine its mass. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.