SPage 656
- English Word Support Definition To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar supports a structure; an abutment supports an arch; the trunk of a tree supports the branches.
- English Word Support Definition To endure without being overcome, exhausted, or changed in character; to sustain; as, to support pain, distress, or misfortunes.
- English Word Support Definition To keep from failing or sinking; to solace under affictive circumstances; to assist; to encourage; to defend; as, to support the courage or spirits.
- English Word Support Definition To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain; as, to support the character of King Lear.
- English Word Support Definition To furnish with the means of sustenance or livelihood; to maintain; to provide for; as, to support a family; to support the ministers of the gospel.
- English Word Support Definition To carry on; to enable to continue; to maintain; as, to support a war or a contest; to support an argument or a debate.
- English Word Support Definition To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain; as, the testimony is not sufficient to support the charges; the evidence will not support the statements or allegations.
- English Word Support Definition To vindicate; to maintain; to defend successfully; as, to be able to support one's own cause.
- English Word Support Definition To uphold by aid or countenance; to aid; to help; to back up; as, to support a friend or a party; to support the present administration.
- English Word Support Definition A attend as an honorary assistant; as, a chairman supported by a vice chairman; O'Connell left the prison, supported by his two sons.
- English Word Support Definition The act, state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or sustaining.
- English Word Support Definition That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind.
- English Word Support Definition That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like; subsistence; maintenance; assistance; reenforcement; as, he gave his family a good support, the support of national credit; the assaulting column had the support of a battery.
- English Word Supportable Definition Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable.
- English Word Supportance Definition Support.
- English Word Supportation Definition Maintenance; support.
- English Word Supported Definition of Support
- English Word Supporter Definition One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life.
- English Word Supporter Definition Especially, an adherent; one who sustains, advocates, and defends; as, the supporter of a party, faction, or candidate.
- English Word Supporter Definition A knee placed under the cathead.
- English Word Supporter Definition A figure, sometimes of a man, but commonly of some animal, placed on either side of an escutcheon, and exterior to it. Usually, both supporters of an escutcheon are similar figures.
- English Word Supporter Definition A broad band or truss for supporting the abdomen or some other part or organ.
- English Word Supportful Definition Abounding with support.
- English Word Supporting Definition of Support
- English Word Supportless Definition Having no support.
- English Word Supportment Definition Support.
- English Word Supportress Definition A female supporter.
- English Word Supposable Definition Capable of being supposed, or imagined to exist; as, that is not a supposable case.
- English Word Supposal Definition The act of supposing; also, that which is supposed; supposition; opinion.
- English Word Suppose Definition To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or application which the reality would involve or admit of; to imagine or admit to exist, for the sake of argument or illustration; to assume to be true; as, let us suppose the earth to be the center of the system, what would be the result?