Definition of support

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Support (v. t.) 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..

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Suffer :: Suffer (v. t.) To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under.
Precinct :: Precinct (n.) A parish or prescribed territory attached to a church, and taxed for its support..
Unionist :: Unionist (n.) One who advocates or promotes union; especially a loyal supporter of a federal union, as that of the United States..
Gocart :: Gocart (n.) A framework moving on casters, designed to support children while learning to walk..
Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To be suspended or fastened to some elevated point without support from below; to dangle; to float; to rest; to remain; to stay.
Supportable :: Support (n.) 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..
Radicle :: Radicle (n.) The rudimentary stem of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the stem of the embryo; the caulicle..
Suspend :: Suspend (n.) To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action..
Pillow :: Pillow (n.) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block..
Peduncle :: Peduncle (n.) The stem or stalk that supports the flower or fruit of a plant, or a cluster of flowers or fruits..
Butment :: Butment (n.) A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier..
Poppet :: Poppet (n.) One of certain upright timbers on the bilge ways, used to support a vessel in launching..
Backboard :: Backboard (n.) A board which supports the back wen one is sitting.
Tie :: Tie (v. t.) A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it in place..
Communist :: Communist (n.) A supporter of the commune of Paris.
Rock :: Rock (v. i.) To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair..
Support :: Support (v. t.) 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..
Xenopterygii :: Xenopterygii (n. pl.) A suborder of fishes including Gobiesox and allied genera. These fishes have soft-rayed fins, and a ventral sucker supported in front by the pectoral fins. They are destitute of scales..
Groundless :: Groundless (a.) Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; not authorized; false; as, groundless fear; a groundless report or assertion..
Rod :: Rod (n.) A support for a fishing line; a fish pole.
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