Sostenuto

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sostenuto \Sos`te*nu"to\, a. [It.] (Mus.)
     Sustained; -- applied to a movement or passage the sounds of
     which are to sustained to the utmost of the nominal value of
     the time; also, to a passage the tones of which are to be
     somewhat prolonged or protacted.
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