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Definition of Self-sustained
1. Adjective. Needing no outside support.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-sustained
Literary usage of Self-sustained
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Evolution of Worlds by Percival Lowell (1909)
"CHAPTER VI A PLANET'S HISTORY self-sustained Stage UP to this point in our
retrospective survey the long course of evolution has taken one line, ..."
2. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1860)
"Those who zealously and successfully employ their time will, by degrees, be
intrusted with a greater period for self-sustained intellectual or physical ..."
3. National Education in Europe: Being an Account of the Organization by Henry Barnard (1854)
"Until habits of attention and steady application had been formed, it seemed
undesirable to allow to the pupils hours for self-sustained study, or voluntary ..."
4. Impressions of America and the American Churches by George Lewis (1845)
"The self-sustained churches of America, whether from the imperfect cultivation
of the grace of Christian liberality, or from the want of a proper ..."
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