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Sustain with food prepared in hours (7)

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I believe the answer is:

nourish

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'sustain' is the definition.
(I know that sustain can be written as nourish)

'prepared in hours' is the wordplay.
'prepared' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in'+'hours'='inhours'
'inhours' is an anagram of 'NOURISH'.

'with food' is the link.
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(Other definitions for nourish that I've seen before include "Provide with materials for life and growth" , "Provide with sustenance for growth" , "[OPPOSITE OF] starve" , "Feed and foster" , "Feed, sustain" .)

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