sustaining (adj.)
life-supporting, nourishing
KL IV.iv.6[Cordelia to Doctor, of Lear] Crowned with ... all the idle weeds that grow / In our sustaining corn
Tem I.ii.218[Ariel to Prospero, of the King and his followers] On their sustaining garments not a blemish [or: weight-bearing (in the water)]
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